Journal profile · Environmental Science-Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Evolution Medicine and Public Health
ISSN 2050-6201 · Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
Evolution Medicine and Public Health: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.66; fully open access; APC about USD 3,557; median 131 days to acceptance (48 articles, last 24 months); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Evolution Medicine and Public Health is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Birth, Development, and Health, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, together about 29.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded by Stephen Stearns in 2013, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health is an open access journal that publishes original, rigorous applications of evolutionary science to issues in medicine and public health. It aims to connect evolutionary biology with the health sciences to produce insights that may reduce suffering and save lives. Because evolutionary biology is a basic science that reaches across many disciplines, this journal is open to contributions on a broad range of topics. EMPH has no restrictions on reuse other than the requirement that the original paper is cited fully. Publication in EMPH satisfies the requirements of funding agencies such as the Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) that require immediate or rapid open access publication. All papers from EMPH will be automatically deposited on behalf of authors in the open access repository PubMedCentral by the publisher. EMPH papers are designed to be of interest and accessible across a broad spectrum of biological and medical disciplines and will be reviewed, wherever possible, by one person from each of those two broad communities. Special features to facilitate understanding include text boxes within articles to explain points that would ordinarily require specialized knowledge, and a very brief, accessible, summary of each paper on the Table of Contents page. EMPH publishes papers in the following categories: Editorials Commentaries Reviews Interpretive essays Original research articles Brevia Correspondence Case studies Book reviews Meeting reports Clinical briefs For more information about these different manuscript categories, please see our instructions to authors. As expected of a good open access journal, EMPH emphasizes fast publication. The editors aim to have an average time to first decision on manuscripts within 28 days of submission, and once accepted, PDFs of manuscripts will be published online in ‘Advance Access’ within a few days of acceptance. The fully formatted, copy-edited, and typeset version of each paper will be published online about four weeks later, without the need to wait until an ‘issue’ is complete. EMPH has a rigorous policy on ethical publishing and is a member of the Committee for Publishing Ethics, COPE. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 2.7 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 3.3 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Rank by Impact Factor) 160/443 Evolutionary Biology (Rank by Impact Factor) 21/54 202
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Editor-in-chief Vaughn CooperPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 30, Germany 5, United Kingdom 4, Switzerland 4, Canada 2 (51 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Birth, Development, and HealthMedicine10.6%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology9.7%
- Evolution and Genetic DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.5%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- Zoonotic diseases and public healthMedicine4.7%
- Nutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics4%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 243OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 262,935Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 516 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 5 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 94 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 161 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 277 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 662 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 725 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 96 days – 181 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 148 days
- Sample
- 48 articles with submission and acceptance dates (69 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 3,557 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,629 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,557 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Learn more.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-6201
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Evolution
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Evolution Medicine and Public Health
What CAS zone is Evolution Medicine and Public Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Evolution Medicine and Public Health is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Evolutionary Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Evolution Medicine and Public Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.66; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Evolution Medicine and Public Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 48 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 96–181 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Evolution Medicine and Public Health based?
Of the 51 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (30), Germany (5) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Evolution Medicine and Public Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Evolution Medicine and Public Health is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Evolution Medicine and Public Health open access, and what is the APC?
Evolution Medicine and Public Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,557.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .