Journal profile
Human Biology and Public Health
ISSN 2748-9957 · Universitätsverlag Potsdam · Germany
Human Biology and Public Health: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Human Biology and Public Health is published by Universitätsverlag Potsdam. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human Health and Disease, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Child Nutrition and Water Access, together about 35.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The purpose of the journal is to bridge the gap between an individual medical/clinical perspective of public health and the population-based perspectives of human biology. We consider human biology as the study of the genetic, environmental, and cultural determinants of biological variability in living people, and public health as the science of health protection, health promotion, and health communication. The focus is on how the human species evolved, how individual humans change over the lifespan (growth, maturation and development), how humans adapt to external stressors, and how human biology and culture interact to shape the wide range of normal variation in the biology and behavior of the human species. Both Human Biology and Public Health research contribute to risks for disease, with a cross-cultural, historical, and evolutionary perspective. Human Biology and Public Health is a blind peer-reviewed, international journal that continuously publishes reports of original research, theoretical articles, timely reviews, and short notes in the field of human biology and public health. As the official journal of the Auxological Societyin cooperation with the German Society for Public Health and Population Medicine (DGÖGB), the Journal also publishes perspectives and proceedings of research presented at their annual scientific meetings. Human Biology and Public Health seeks scholarly manuscripts that address all aspects of the biology of living humans and publishes basic, applied, and methodologically-oriented research, including growth, nutrition, aging, physical activity, fitness, ecology, and their medical/clinical perspectives. Human Biology and Public Health is committed to prompt review, and priority publication is given to manuscripts with novel or timely findings, and to manuscripts of unusual interest.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 11, United States 5, United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 2, Poland 2 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human Health and DiseaseMedicine16.1%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine11.7%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing7.8%
- Body Composition Measurement TechniquesMedicine6.7%
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesArts and Humanities6.1%
- Birth, Development, and HealthMedicine6.1%
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesMedicine4.4%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.4%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google ScholarPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 106 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 39 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 83 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 61 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 78 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 42 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial 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 475 | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | EUR 475 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 475 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 475
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- original research articleapproximately 2,500 to 6,000 words for Original Research Articles, and 1.500 words for Short Notes and Perspectives. Footnotes are not to be umain text ≤ 1,500 words
- original research articlesOriginal Research ArticlesLength not stated
- perspectivesPerspectivesLength not stated
- proceedings and workshopsProceedings and WorkshopsLength not stated
- review articlesReview ArticlesLength not stated
- short notesShort NotesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use Use of Artificial Intelligence
Authors must disclose the use of any artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the writing, editing, or data analysis of their manuscript. This includes specifying the AI tools used and detailing their application in the research process. Authors should provide a disclosure statement (e.g. "The authors used [AI Tool Name] for [specific purpose, e.g., grammar checking, data analysis, figure generation]…
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
- Universitätsverlag Potsdam
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2748-9957
- Society / sponsor
- Auxological Society in cooperation with the German Society for Public Health and Population Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Human Biology and Public Health
How long does peer review take at Human Biology and Public Health?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Human Biology and Public Health based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (11), United States (5) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Human Biology and Public Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Human Biology and Public Health is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Human Biology and Public Health open access, and what is the APC?
Human Biology and Public Health is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .