Journal profile · Medicine-General Medicine
Global Advances in Health and Medicine
ISSN 2164-957X · eISSN 2753-6130 · SAGE Publishing · United States
Global Advances in Health and Medicine: impact factor 2.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; median 128 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Advances in Health and Medicine is published by SAGE Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions and Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal HighlightsIndexed In: PubMed, Google Scholar, and DOAJPublished by SAGE since 2012Publication is subject to payment of an article processi...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-General Medicine
Editor-in-chief Erik GroesslPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 29, Canada 2, Mainland China 1, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (41 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine19.7%
- Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology9.2%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine7.7%
- Health, psychology, and well-beingHealth Professions6.1%
- Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMedicine5.2%
- Biofield Effects and BiophysicsMedicine4.9%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine4.3%
- Coaching Methods and ImpactPsychology4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q2 | 283/830 | 65th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 269OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 730 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1,118 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1,558 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1,608 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1,645 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 1,429 |
| 2021 | 80 | 80 | 1,489 |
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
128 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 88 days – 184 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 155 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (148 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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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 1,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,000 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- meta-analysisView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. It is preferred that submissions do not exceed the word counts listed below. Structured abstracts …Length not stated
- original articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. It is preferred that submissions do not exceed the word counts listed below. Structured abstracts …Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles These articles include but are not limited to intervention studies, randomized controlled trials, nonrandomized controlled trials, cost and co…Length not stated
- protocolindexed papers in the journal. Focus of protocols: Study protocols should not normally exceed 5000 words (excluding references). Protocols should be submitted a…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. It is preferred that submissions do not exceed the word counts listed below. Structured abstracts …Length not stated
- surveyView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. It is preferred that submissions do not exceed the word counts listed below. Structured abstracts …Length not stated
- systematic reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. It is preferred that submissions do not exceed the word counts listed below. Structured abstracts …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data policy: authors encouraged to share data in public repository, include data availability statement, cite data. Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member. Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright held by Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health; manuscript content licensed under Creative Commons Licenses Model summary
Copyright © 2026 by Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health, unless otherwise noted. Manuscript content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons Licenses
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy: preprint submissions considered; preprint DOI required at submission; do not update preprint during peer review. Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2164-957X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2753-6130
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Global Advances in Health and Medicine
What is the impact factor of Global Advances in Health and Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Global Advances in Health and Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 128 days (interquartile range 88–184 days); authors report an average review time of about 14 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Global Advances in Health and Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: AMA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Global Advances in Health and Medicine based?
Of the 41 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (29), Canada (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Global Advances in Health and Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Advances in Health and Medicine is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Global Advances in Health and Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Global Advances in Health and Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .