Journal profile · Medicine-Health Policy
Global Health Action
ISSN 1654-9880 · Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom
Global Health Action: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.25; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 143 days to acceptance (112 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 161 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Health Action is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, together about 37.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Global Health Action is an open access journal publishing peer-reviewed research on global health, engaging with key public health and policy issues. Global Health Action is published in cooperation with Umeå University, Sweden. Global Health Action aims to be a leading journal in the global health field, narrowing health information gaps and contributing to the implementation of policies and actions that lead to improved global health. The journal seeks to contribute a concrete, hands-on approach to addressing the global health challenges brought to the fore by the impact of globalization. The journal intends to generate new knowledge and evidence where it is lacking, as well as to bridge the gaps between existing knowledge and the implementation of relevant findings. All articles are expected to address a global agenda and include a strong implementation or policy component. Manuscripts suggesting strategies for practical interventions and research implementations where none already exist are especially welcome. Global Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, and short communication. Papers from low- and middle-income countries and articles originated from South-South and South-North collaborations are encouraged. The journal operates a single anonymized peer review policy. Read the Instructions for Authors .
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Health Policy
Editor-in-chief Maria NilssonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Sweden 6, Vietnam 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine23.8%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing6.9%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Global Health and SurgeryMedicine6.2%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions5.5%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine5.1%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental 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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCCAB AbstractsCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, ProQuest, Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (CABI), AgBiotech News & Information (CABI), AgBiotechNet (CABI), Botanical Pesticides (CABI), Crop Physiology Abstracts (CABI), Crop Science Database (CABI), Dairy Science Abstracts (CABI), EMCare (Elsevier), Environmental Impact (CABI), Environmental Science Database (CABI), Global Health (CABI), Helminthological Abstracs (CABI), HINARI, Horticultural Science (CABI), Horticultural Science Abstracts (CABI), Index Medicus (NLM), Intute: Health and Life Sciences collection, Irrigation and Drainage Abstracts (CABI), Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts (CABI), Maize Abstracts (CABI), Nematological Abstracts (CABI), Nutrition and Food Sciences (CABI), Ornamental horticulture (CABI), Parasitology Database (CABI), Pig News and Information (CABI), Plant Breeding Abstracts (CABI)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.25LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.93Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.24Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,628OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 149LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 1,400,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,474 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 169 | 169 | 45 |
| 2025 | 161 | 161 | 463 |
| 2024 | 133 | 133 | 954 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | 1,314 |
| 2022 | 120 | 120 | 1,887 |
| 2021 | 139 | 139 | 2,955 |
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
143 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 215 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (112 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 167 days
- Sample
- 112 articles with submission and acceptance dates (360 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | AUD 4,165 / USD 2,990 / GBP 2,392 / EUR 2,875 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,400 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,630 / EUR 2,520 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted8
- capacity buildingGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
- current debateGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
- methods forumGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
- phd synthesisGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
- researchGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
- reviewGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
- short communicationGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
- study designGlobal Health Action accepts the following types of articles: research, review, PhD synthesis, methods forum, study design, capacity building, current debate, a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Global Health Action is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those wi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The journal operates a single anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1654-9880
- Print ISSN
- 1654-9716
- Society / sponsor
- Umeå University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Global Health Action
What CAS zone is Global Health Action in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Health Action is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Global Health Action?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.25; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 112.
How long does peer review take at Global Health Action?
Based on the dates recorded on 112 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 143 days (interquartile range 83–215 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23%. 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 JCR quartile is Global Health Action in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Global Health Action based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Sweden (6) and Vietnam (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Global Health Action?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Health Action is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Global Health Action open access, and what is the APC?
Global Health Action is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
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: .