Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Global Health & Medicine
ISSN 2434-9186 · eISSN 2434-9194 · National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Global Health & Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 45 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 64 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Health & Medicine is published by National Center for Global Health and Medicine and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and COVID-19 epidemiological studies, together about 22.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine9.9%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine6.3%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics6.1%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine5.7%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine5.3%
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19Medicine5.3%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.1%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 463 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 9 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 79 |
| 2024 | 59 | 59 | 238 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | 479 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 333 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 | 1,060 |
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
45 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 32 days – 72 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine
- ISSN
- 2434-9186
- Electronic ISSN
- 2434-9194
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Health & Medicine
What CAS zone is Global Health & Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Health & Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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.
How long does peer review take at Global Health & Medicine?
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 45 days (interquartile range 32–72 days). 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 Global Health & Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Health & Medicine is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Global Health & Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Global Health & Medicine is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .