Journal profile · Environmental Science-Pollution
GeoHealth
ISSN 2471-1403 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES
GeoHealth: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.01; fully open access; APC about USD 3,000; median 154 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 42% (journal website); 119 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
GeoHealth is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 38.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
GeoHealth is a transdisciplinary, Gold Open Access journal publishing high-quality original research articles and commentaries across the intersections of the Earth and environmental sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Pollution
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science15.8%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science15.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.2%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science7.2%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics4.2%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science3.4%
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 | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
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
- 5.01LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 346OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 94LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 95Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 383,398Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 926 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 136 | 136 | 46 |
| 2025 | 119 | 119 | 370 |
| 2024 | 105 | 105 | 753 |
| 2023 | 115 | 115 | 1,460 |
| 2022 | 105 | 105 | 1,744 |
| 2021 | 109 | 109 | 2,924 |
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 Crossref · to
154 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 218 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 47 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 193 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (255 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 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 42%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 38 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 154 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 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 3,000 / GBP 2,260 / EUR 2,710 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,000 / EUR 2,710 / GBP 2,260 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2471-1403
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about GeoHealth
What CAS zone is GeoHealth in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, GeoHealth is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of GeoHealth?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.01; CiteScore 7.3, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at GeoHealth?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 154 days (interquartile range 112–218 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 42% (2025). 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.
Which databases index GeoHealth?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, GeoHealth is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is GeoHealth open access, and what is the APC?
GeoHealth is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .