Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications and Social Media in Health Education, together about 51.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet covers the fields of consumer health information, patient education, and health literacy. Of interest are the practical aspects of providing programs and services aimed at helping patients and the general public find the quality health information they need, with a focus on electronic and Internet-related information. The journal is aimed at medical and public librarians who provide health information to the general public and patients, and at librarians and health care personnel who are involved with patient education and health literacy. Research articles are of interest so long as they have practical application or lessons learned. Studies have shown that health information is one of the major reasons that people worldwide access the Internet. As the amount of health information on the web increases exponentially, it becomes critical that providers of health information programs and services, including librarians in all settings and health educators, be knowledgeable about what is available online and be able to direct users to reliable, accurate, quality information. To that end, this valuable journal focuses on consumer health information programs and services that help guide consumers to quality health information. Topics addressed by the journal include: Evaluation and selection of web-based consumer health resources Descriptions of consumer health information programs and services relying on web-based resources Descriptions of health information or education programs that address issues of health literacy Training consumers to find health information on the web Descriptions of online programs and services that empower consumers and patients to access and use health information Electronic health records and patient portals that integrate patient education materials and consumer information Criteria for evaluating quality consumer health websites Alternative and complementary health websites The Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet is an essential resource for libraries, persons, institutions and agencies whose responsibilities include making health information and education available to the general public. Peer Review Policy: All manuscripts submitted are peer reviewed using a rigorous, single-anonymous process; reviewers are assigned based on subject expertise. The Editor accepts or rejects manuscripts based on the recommendation of two peer reviewers.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

INSPECCINAHLPublisher website

Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, NASW, HEALTHLIT, AMED Database, ProQuest LISA, The British Library, CILIP, Elsevier, Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, Biomeditaties

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.2Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.18LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.18Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

31OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

113OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.84OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

12.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

3.85%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

34LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

31,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

21%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

33 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

115 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

34 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1539-8285

Electronic ISSN

1539-8293

Latest issue on the website

Volume 30, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website