Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Journal of environmental health
ISSN 0022-0892 · National Environmental Health Association · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1963
Journal of environmental health: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.44; hybrid open access; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 75 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of environmental health is published by National Environmental Health Association and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Air Quality and Health Impacts, Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis and Fluoride Effects and Removal, together about 24.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmental health is the science and practice of preventing human injury and illness and promoting well-being by identifying and evaluating environmental sources and hazardous agents and; limiting exposures to hazardous physical, chemical, and biological agents in air, water, soil, food, and other environmental media or settings that may adversely affect human health.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science10.6%
- Water Quality Monitoring and AnalysisEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Fluoride Effects and RemovalEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Environmental Quality and PollutionEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Air Quality Monitoring and ForecastingEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.44LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,056 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 65 | 1 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 12 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
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)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Environmental Health Association
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1963
- ISSN
- 0022-0892
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of environmental health
What CAS zone is Journal of environmental health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of environmental health is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of environmental health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.44; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at Journal of environmental health?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 environmental health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of environmental health is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of environmental health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of environmental health is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .