Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
International Maritime Health
ISSN 1641-9251 · eISSN 2081-3252 · Via Medica · Poland
International Maritime Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 64 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Maritime Health is published by Via Medica 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 Maritime Navigation and Safety, Travel-related health issues and Cruise Tourism Development and Management, together about 53.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
"International Maritime Health" (IMH) is an open access, international scientific journal dedicated predominantly to research and practice in the field of maritime medicine. However, Journal Editors will also consider for publication submissions from related fields such as: occupational medicine, tropical medicine, telemedicine, hyperbaric and diving medicine, travel medicine, military and navy medicine, fishermen health problems, maritime and occupational psychology, maritime toxicology, hygienic problems on ship, harbour sanitary problems and health promotion at sea, during travel and in tropical environment. IMH publishes original papers, reviews, case reports but also letters to editors, book reviews and editorial materials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Marta Grubman-NowakPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 12, Norway 10, Germany 5, Italy 3, United States 2 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maritime Navigation and SafetyEngineering28.7%
- Travel-related health issuesMedicine16.1%
- Cruise Tourism Development and ManagementSocial Sciences8.8%
- Sleep and Work-Related FatiguePsychology8%
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related ComplicationsMedicine5.7%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions4.4%
- Marine and Coastal ResearchEngineering4.3%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine2.4%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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
MEDLINEPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, OCLC, Crossref, Arianta, CNKI (China National Knowledge Index), Free Medical Journals (Geneva Foundation), Index Copernicus, Medical Journals Links, Polska Scientific Bibliography / Polindex, Polska Bibliografia Naukowa (PBN), Polish Medical Library (GBL), ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources), Urlichs' Periodicals Directory, WorldCat (OCLC), SJR (Scimago Journal & Country Rank)
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 151OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 65.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 556 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 43 | 5 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 16 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 20 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 227 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 151 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | 396 |
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
64 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 38 days – 116 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 236 days (39 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 318 days
- Sample
- 69 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted7
- case reportDedicated sections in submission panel related to Item type Guidelines /position paper Original article Research letter/brief communication Review Case report E…Length not stated
- editorialDedicated sections in submission panel related to Item type Guidelines /position paper Original article Research letter/brief communication Review Case report E…Length not stated
- guidelines /position paperDedicated sections in submission panel related to Item type Guidelines /position paper Original article Research letter/brief communication Review Case report E…Length not stated
- letterDedicated sections in submission panel related to Item type Guidelines /position paper Original article Research letter/brief communication Review Case report E…Length not stated
- original articleDedicated sections in submission panel related to Item type Guidelines /position paper Original article Research letter/brief communication Review Case report E…Length not stated
- research letter/brief communicationDedicated sections in submission panel related to Item type Guidelines /position paper Original article Research letter/brief communication Review Case report E…Length not stated
- reviewDedicated sections in submission panel related to Item type Guidelines /position paper Original article Research letter/brief communication Review Case report E…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP
All collaborators who have made significant and substantial contributions to a study are considered coauthors. The nature and level of contribution of all authors of accepted manuscripts must be indicated, i.e. conception, design, execution and interpretation of the data being published, wrote the paper. An author may list more than one contribution, and more than one author may have contributed t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
The statement is based upon the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers and Editors (available at www. publicationethics.org). The Editor is responsible for everything published in the journal. The Editor takes all reasonable steps to ensure the quality of the material published. The Editor’s decision to accept or reject a paper for publication is based only on the paper’s importance, original…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Completion of the online submission form electronically is tantamount to automatically and free-of-charge transferring of the copyright for publishing and distribution of the submitted material (in all known now and developed in the future forms and fields of exploitation) to the Owner, i.e. International Maritime Health Foundation, under condition that those materials are accepted for publication…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Articles published on-line are open access and available under Creative Common Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) allowing to download articles and share them with others as long as they credit the authors and the publisher, but without permission to change them in any way or use them commercially. In justified cases CC-BY licence may alternatively be gra…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double blind peer review Model summary
Journal follows editorial recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (available at http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/). Via Medica strongly recommends journal editors to adhere to the principles of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), particularly to deal with acts of ethical misconduct. For more information Authors, Readers and Editors may visit the COPE w…
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
- Via Medica
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1641-9251
- Electronic ISSN
- 2081-3252
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 77, Issue 2 (2026)
- 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 ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Maritime Health
What CAS zone is International Maritime Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Maritime Health is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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.
How long does peer review take at International Maritime Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 64 days (interquartile range 38–116 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 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 International Maritime Health based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (12), Norway (10) and Germany (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Maritime Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Maritime Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Maritime Health open access, and what is the APC?
International Maritime Health is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .