Journal profile · Engineering-Engineering (miscellaneous)
Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development
ISSN 2476-6267 · eISSN 2476-7433 · Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 9 weeks (community reports); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development is published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Air Quality and Health Impacts, Heavy metals in environment and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, together about 21.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development is an international journal for the publication of peer reviewed and original research for all aspects of environmental health and sustainable development. Research areas include, but are not exclusive to: Environmental Health, Sciences, and Engineering Environmental pollution Water quality and wastewater treatment and reuse Air and waste management Solid remediation and wastes Environmental microbiology Environmental toxicology Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Food safety and hygiene Noise and radiation control Epidemiology Biostatistics Human Ecology Environmental biotechnology and nanotechnology Bioenergy
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Engineering (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Iran 27, Germany 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1, France 1 (37 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science8%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Advanced oxidation water treatmentEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Municipal Solid Waste ManagementEnvironmental Science5%
- Wastewater Treatment and ReuseEnvironmental Science4.8%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | 508/725 | — |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 218/300 | — |
| Environmental Engineering | Q3 | 178/241 | — |
| Waste Management and Disposal | Q4 | 123/151 | — |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | Q4 | 125/151 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 260 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 93 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 185 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 162 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 131 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 60 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 52 |
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 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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 | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- brief reportfy for a full article or for research.. Brief Reports may not exceed 1,200 words of text -counting only the Introduction, Methods, Results,main text ≤ 1,200 words
- brief reportsBrief Reports may not exceed 1,200 words of text -counting only the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Abstracts must not exceed 200 words and shou…Length not stated
- lettery Editorial evaluation and peer review. Letters to JEHSD include no more than 1,200 words of text and 25 references. Letters have no abstract. A cleamain text ≤ 1,200 words
- letters to editorLetters to JEHSD include no more than 1,200 words of text and 25 references. Letters have no abstract.Length not stated
- narrative reviewShould contain at least 60 references. Abstract should be non-structured. The word count should not exceed 4500 words.Length not stated
- original research articlesThe length should not exceed 3000 words excluding the references, abstract, figures and tables. 15-40 references should be stated for original articles.Length not stated
- reviewThe aim of the review process is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article, in terms of originality, interest, up-to-datedness, coherence, and bal…Length not stated
- systematic reviewt include meta-analyses are encouraged. Systematic Review manuscripts, in general, will range between 4,000-5,000 words, not including abstract, tables/figures,…main text ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Peer review
- Authorship
CRediT author contributions Model summary
we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest disclosure Model summary
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics approval required Model summary
All submissions must have been approved by an ethics committee or institutional review board.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
The aim of the review process is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article, in terms of originality, interest, up-to-datedness, coherence, and balanced argumentation. As such, all manuscripts submitted to JEHSD go through a two-step double-blind peer review process. Step 1-Internal Review Prior to the allocation of manuscripts to peers for external double-blind peer review, we read e…
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
- 2476-6267
- Electronic ISSN
- 2476-7433
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Environmental Health and Sustainable Development
How long does peer review take at Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development?
Authors report an average review time of about 9 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development based?
Of the 37 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (27), Germany (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development 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: .