Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare
ISSN 2641-5224 · University Health Partners of Hawaii
Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare: subscription journal; median 192 days to acceptance (58 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare is published by University Health Partners of Hawaii. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Innovations in Medical Education and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, together about 28.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Hawaiʻi Journal of Health & Social Welfare is a monthly peer-reviewed journal with the aim of advancing knowledge about health and social welfare, with a focus on the diverse peoples and unique environments of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences11.5%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine10.1%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences6.9%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions6.5%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions6%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions5.5%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 385/744 | — |
| Health (social science) | Q3 | 265/387 | — |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | 512/725 | — |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.74OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 204 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 116 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 121 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | 62 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 6 |
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
192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 313 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 60 days (36 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 259 days
- Sample
- 58 articles with submission and acceptance dates (83 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
- University Health Partners of Hawaii
- ISSN
- 2641-5224
- Print ISSN
- 2641-5216
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 85, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare
How long does peer review take at Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare?
Based on the dates recorded on 58 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 192 days (interquartile range 59–313 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 Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare is indexed in Scopus.
Is Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare open access, and what is the APC?
Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .