Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Global Health Promotion
ISSN 1757-9759 · eISSN 1757-9767 · SAGE
Global Health Promotion: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.42; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 249 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 12.7% (journal website); 95 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Health Promotion is published by SAGE 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 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, School Health and Nursing Education and Health, psychology, and well-being, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal aims to: publish original articles and commentaries in English, French and Spanish; provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination and exchange of theory, empirical research and evaluation about health promotion practice, health education and public health, with a particular emphasis on intervention research findings and innovative strategies for health promotion. It publishes articles which ensure wide geographical coverage and are of general interest to a global readership, while providing fair, supportive, efficient, and high-quality peer review and editorial handling of all submissions. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Erica Di Ruggiero DallaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 3, Argentina 2, United States 1, France 1, Spain 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting14.9%
- School Health and Nursing EducationHealth Professions11.6%
- Health, psychology, and well-beingHealth Professions7.1%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions5.8%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions4.8%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 446OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,564 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 95 | 30 | 40 |
| 2024 | 90 | 49 | 179 |
| 2023 | 61 | 22 | 213 |
| 2022 | 78 | 26 | 392 |
| 2021 | 140 | 65 | 1,181 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
249 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12.7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 249 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 77 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted2, with length limits
- commentaryscholarly papers are up to 5,000 words. Commentaries are up to 2,000 words. Word counts include abstract, main text and references, asmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- original articlet the Managing Editor at ghp@iuhpe.org. Original articles and scholarly papers are up to 5,000 words. Commentaries are up to 2,000 words. Word counts include abmain text ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
All manuscripts are submitted to double anonymized peer review.
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
- ISSN
- 1757-9759
- Electronic ISSN
- 1757-9767
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Health Promotion
What CAS zone is Global Health Promotion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Health Promotion 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.
What is the impact factor of Global Health Promotion?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.42; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at Global Health Promotion?
The publisher reports about 249 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12.7%. 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 Global Health Promotion based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (3), Argentina (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Global Health Promotion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Health Promotion is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Global Health Promotion open access, and what is the APC?
Global Health Promotion is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .