Journal profile · Multiple
Health Education Journal
ISSN 0017-8969 · eISSN 1748-8176 · SAGE
Health Education Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.74; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 76 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Education Journal is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are School Health and Nursing Education, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Public Health Policies and Education, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- School Health and Nursing EducationHealth Professions15.4%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine8.9%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions6.2%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions5.1%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions4.4%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions4.1%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions3.9%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| 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 | Education & Educational Research | 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
- 1.74LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 906OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 47.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,376 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 39 | 8 |
| 2025 | 76 | 50 | 100 |
| 2024 | 83 | 61 | 324 |
| 2023 | 69 | 50 | 421 |
| 2022 | 76 | 28 | 503 |
| 2021 | 60 | 20 | 587 |
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0017-8969
- Electronic ISSN
- 1748-8176
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Education Journal
What CAS zone is Health Education Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health Education Journal is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Health Education Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.74; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 66.
Which databases index Health Education Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Education Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Health Education Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Health Education Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .