Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Health SA Gesondheid
ISSN 1025-9848 · eISSN 2071-9736 · AOSIS · South Africa
Health SA Gesondheid: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 145 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 141 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health SA Gesondheid is published by AOSIS 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 Nursing education and management, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, together about 26.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Zelda Janse van RensburgPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Africa 21, United States 1, South Korea 1, Australia 1 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing10.5%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions8.2%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions8%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine7.8%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine7%
- HIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Health, psychology, and well-beingHealth Professions3.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine3.4%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCSciELOPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, African Index Medicus, African Journals Online (AJOL), Cabells Journalytics, EBSCO Host, GALE, CENGAGE Learning, Open Access Digital Theological Library, Research4Life Initiative, ScienceOpen
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.74Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 328OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 133LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,603 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 77 | 9 |
| 2025 | 141 | 141 | 161 |
| 2024 | 137 | 137 | 364 |
| 2023 | 86 | 86 | 411 |
| 2022 | 93 | 93 | 786 |
| 2021 | 66 | 66 | 780 |
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
145 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 100 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 69 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 230 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (231 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)
- about 23 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | ZAR 16,746 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | ZAR 10,712 | — | — | |
| LetPub | ZAR 13,320 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Disclosure of AI-assisted technologies
AI-assisted technology use must be disclosed in manuscripts for transparency, accuracy, and trust; guidance is in the Plagiarism, Fabrication and Artificial Intelligence Policy page and Submission Guidelines under 'AI-assisted technologies'. Model summary
The Acknowledgements section must include a clear statement disclosing any use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies (e.g., for data analysis, dataset or artefact creation) in conducting the research. This statement should: Be specific by naming the exact AI tool(s) used. State the purpose of the tool’s use, such as artefact creation or data analysis. Disclose human oversight by confirming …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Disclosure of contributors not qualifying for authorship
The acknowledgement section includes listing those who contributed to the work but did not meet authorship criteria, with the corresponding description of the contribution. Acknowledge anyone who provided intellectual assistance, technical help (incl. editing), or special equipment and/or materials. Authors are responsible for ensuring that anyone named in the Acknowledgements agrees to be named. …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures
Authors are required to disclose any prior dissemination of the manuscript content. This includes, but is not limited to: Thesis-based work (e.g., master's or doctoral theses). Preprint versions that are published on open repositories. Refer to our Frequently Asked Questions: Questions from Authors - Preprints. Conference papers or presentations that were expanded into an article. Additionally, au…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statement
All research articles should have a data availability statement included in the manuscript in the form of a sentence under a separate heading entitled ‘Data availability statement’. The following are examples of a data availability statement. If you use one of the examples, you should modify it to fit your specific relationship. Availability of data Suggested data availability statements Example 1…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated. Model summary
All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS
Open access under CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright unless specified otherwise. Model summary
All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blinded peer review; authors must anonymise manuscripts. Model summary
The journal follows a double-blinded peer-review process, and you need to make your manuscript anonymous.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Disclosure of preprint-based content
Scenario Suggested preprint-based disclosures Example 1 A preprint version of this work was previously published on [Preprint Server Name] ([DOI or link]), and we acknowledge its role in shaping the final article. Example 2 – preprint feedback incorporated in the final manuscript We acknowledge the initial version of this work published as a preprint on [Preprint Server Name] ([DOI or link]). Feed…
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
- AOSIS
- Country or region
- South Africa
- Language
- English, Afrikaans
- ISSN
- 1025-9848
- Electronic ISSN
- 2071-9736
- Society / sponsor
- University of Johannesburg
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health SA Gesondheid
What CAS zone is Health SA Gesondheid in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health SA Gesondheid is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services. 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 Health SA Gesondheid?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Health SA Gesondheid?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 145 days (interquartile range 100–189 days); authors report an average review time of about 23 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Health SA Gesondheid?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 8; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Health SA Gesondheid based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Africa (21), United States (1) and South Korea (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Health SA Gesondheid?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health SA Gesondheid is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Health SA Gesondheid open access, and what is the APC?
Health SA Gesondheid is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .