Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Globalization and Health
ISSN 1744-8603 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2005
Globalization and Health: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.99; fully open access; APC about USD 3,290; median 167 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 84 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Globalization and Health is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 2 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, Global Maternal and Child Health and Global Health and Surgery, together about 39% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Globalization and Health is a pioneering transdisciplinary journal that situates public health and well-being within the dynamic forces of global development. We are dedicated to publishing high-quality, original research exploring how globalization processes affect global public health through their impacts on health systems and the social, economic, commercial, and political determinants of health. We embrace policy, health systems, political economy, international relations and community perspectives. Single-country studies are welcome if they highlight global/globalization mechanisms and/or relevance to global-level policy discourse and decision-making. The journal includes sections dedicated to a broad range of topics, including: Section Description Development aid, humanitarianism, and health Development theories and development assistance have been fixtures on the global health landscape for decades, most recently with adoption of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Considerable controversies continue to surround health development assistance, including the complex forms it takes (vertical, diagonal, horizontal), the lack of consistency over time, disbursements driven by donor interests rather than need, high transaction costs of poor donor coordination, a ‘charity’ rather than ‘entitlement’ approach, the rise of global philanthropies, and the lack of coherence between donors’ aid and their international trade/macroeconomic policies. In recent years, the role of micro-financing has been advanced as a key development strategy, although it remains controversial; and ‘social impact investing’ (where private investors finance projects with global social/public good outcomes, but also with the expectation of profit) is inserting a market logic into previously humanitarian notions of assistance or obligation. Papers submitted under this section will explore all forms and underlying theories of economic development and financial transfers from richer to poorer nations, and how these affect health outcomes, health systems, progress towards the SDGs and targets and impacts on social/structural determinants of health. Cross-Border Threats to Health The evolving nature of infectious disease threats with the potential to cross geopolitical boundaries including, among other topics, novel zoonotic outbreaks with pandemic potential, the possibility of a non-state actor developing bioterrorism capabilities, and the emerging threat associated with the spr
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Deborah Gleeson GradDipHealthPromPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 7, Canada 6, United States 4, Australia 3, Norway 2 (36 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 Accounting16.8%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine11.6%
- Global Health and SurgeryMedicine10.5%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine4.5%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Global Security and Public HealthSocial Sciences4%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 5.99LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,118OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,500,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,545 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 63 | 37 |
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | 311 |
| 2024 | 89 | 89 | 1,378 |
| 2023 | 104 | 104 | 1,768 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | 2,761 |
| 2021 | 142 | 142 | 6,893 |
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
167 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 254 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 190 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (166 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 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 | EUR 2,790 / USD 3,290 / GBP 2,490 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,390 / USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 249 / GBP 2,490 / USD 3,290 / EUR 2,790 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted9, with length limits
- brief reportFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Comment Debate Methodology Review Brief report CorrespondenceLength not stated
- commentFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Comment Debate Methodology Review Brief report CorrespondenceLength not stated
- commentaryax 8000 words excluding references) and commentaries (max 3000 words excluding references), as well as evidence reviews (max 800main text ≤ 3,000 words
- correspondenceFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Comment Debate Methodology Review Brief report CorrespondenceLength not stated
- debateFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Comment Debate Methodology Review Brief report CorrespondenceLength not stated
- methodologyFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Comment Debate Methodology Review Brief report CorrespondenceLength not stated
- original researchinequities in global health. We publish original research (max 8000 words excluding references) and commentaries (max 3000 words exclmain text ≤ 8,000 words
- researchFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Comment Debate Methodology Review Brief report CorrespondenceLength not stated
- reviewluding references), as well as evidence reviews (max 8000 words). We no longer accept bibliometric analyses. Globalizationmain text ≤ 8,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Authors retain copyright under Creative Commons licences. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Globalization and Health articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attributio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1744-8603
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Globalization and Health
What CAS zone is Globalization and Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Globalization and Health is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Globalization and Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.99; CiteScore 9.8, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Globalization and Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 167 days (interquartile range 112–254 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Globalization and Health based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (7), Canada (6) and United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Globalization and Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Globalization and Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Globalization and Health open access, and what is the APC?
Globalization and Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,290.
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: .