Journal profile
Journal of Community Health Research
ISSN 2322-5688 · eISSN 2345-2609 · Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Journal of Community Health Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 50% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Community Health Research is published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Healthcare Systems and Reforms, together about 16.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JCHR is a medical journal (since 2012), which considers Original Papers, Review Articles, Short Communications, Case Reports, and Letters to the Editor in the fields of biomedical science, community-related health issues, epidemiology, health services and economics, primary care, disease prevention, medical education, health promotion, environmental and occupational health, and any fields that take into account delivery of healthcare in the community. JCHR welcomes all research types including study protocols, meta-analyses, specialist studies, and studies that report negative or conflicting results. Therefore, all well-conducted studies are supposed to be published in our journal after a rigorous and transparent peer review process, which may last 3 to 4 weeks. We should also note that all our publication procedures are fully open-access and free of charge. View: 22261 Time(s) | Print: 1531 Time(s) | Email: 73 Time(s) | 0 Comment(s)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Mohammad HassanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology6.7%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.7%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions4.7%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.2%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.2%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics4.2%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions4.2%
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 280 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 42 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 96 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 105 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 111 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 68 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 39 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- case reportterest, acknowledgment, and references. Case reports should have 1500-2500 words. The title should include the words ‘case report’ as well amain text ≤ 2,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Policy
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. Journal of Community Health Research is an open-access journal. There are no charges for publication in this Journal.
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
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2322-5688
- Electronic ISSN
- 2345-2609
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 1 (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 ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Community Health Research
How long does peer review take at Journal of Community Health Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 50%. 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 Journal of Community Health Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Community Health Research is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Community Health Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Community Health Research 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .