Journal profile · Multiple
Health Education Research
ISSN 0268-1153 · eISSN 1465-3648 · Oxford University Press
Health Education Research: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.53; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,533; median 181 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); 66 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Education Research is published by Oxford University Press 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 Behavioral Health and Interventions, Smoking Behavior and Cessation and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 29.2% 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
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology11%
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine9.2%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine9%
- School Health and Nursing EducationHealth Professions8.8%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions6.8%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions6.4%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions5.3%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine3.7%
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 3 |
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
- 1.53LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 156OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,945OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,032 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 12 | 4 |
| 2025 | 66 | 29 | 90 |
| 2024 | 48 | 18 | 177 |
| 2023 | 48 | 26 | 262 |
| 2022 | 40 | 21 | 559 |
| 2021 | 42 | 26 | 864 |
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
181 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 153 days – 253 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (112 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
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 4,533 | — | — |
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0268-1153
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-3648
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Education Research
What CAS zone is Health Education Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health Education Research 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 Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.53; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 156.
How long does peer review take at Health Education Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 181 days (interquartile range 153–253 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 Health Education Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Education Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Health Education Research open access, and what is the APC?
Health Education Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,533.
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: .