Journal profile · Medicine-Epidemiology
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
ISSN 2210-6006 · eISSN 2210-6014 · Elsevier · FRANCE
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.02; fully open access; APC about USD 2,790; median 78 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 152 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health is published by Elsevier 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 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Global Maternal and Child Health, together about 22.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health (JEGH) is dedicated to advancing policy-relevant evidence in epidemiology and global public health that advances understanding of the distribution, determinants, prevention, and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases across diverse populations and settings. JEGH prioritizes manuscripts that apply robust epidemiological methods, evaluate public health interventions, and assess the real-world impact of policies, programs, and system-level reforms to translate the findings into actional insights for policy and practice. JEGH welcomes interdisciplinary research that links epidemiologic methods with a broad range of global health domains including but are not limited to:
· Health systems and universal health coverage
· Health workforce development
· Health financing and governance
· Health promotion and disease prevention
· Maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health
· Sexual and reproductive health
· Nutrition
· Mental health
· Environmental and planetary health
· Climate change and health
· One Health
· Digital and data-driven health innovations
· Global health security
· Emergency preparedness and response
· Humanitarian and refugee health
· Migration and urban health
· Health equity and social determinants of health
· Implementation and policy sciences The journal does not accept case reports and submissions purely focused on basic (bench) science.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Epidemiology
Editor-in-chief Shannon FarleyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 11%); most named United States 19, India 11, Mainland China 8, Saudi Arabia 7, United Kingdom 4 (76 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine8.1%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics8.1%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine6.1%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine5.9%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences5.5%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4.9%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine4.6%
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine4.6%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbasePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC
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
- Impact factor
- 4.02LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 472OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 138LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 818,100Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,106 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 144 | 144 | 39 |
| 2025 | 152 | 152 | 792 |
| 2024 | 159 | 159 | 1,361 |
| 2023 | 84 | 84 | 1,133 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 773 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 1,613 |
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 Crossref · to
78 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 54 days – 136 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 104 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (327 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 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,390 / USD 2,790 / GBP 2,090 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,690 / EUR 2,290 / GBP 1,990 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,890 / USD 2,590 / EUR 2,190 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- case reports
Article types accepted6
- commentCommentLength not stated
- matters arisingMatters ArisingLength not stated
- meeting reportMeeting reportLength not stated
- perspectivePerspectiveLength not stated
- researchResearchLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative C…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2210-6006
- Electronic ISSN
- 2210-6014
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
What CAS zone is Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Epidemiology and Global 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 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.02; CiteScore 5, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 78 days (interquartile range 54–136 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 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 Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health based?
Of the 76 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (19), India (11) and Mainland China (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,790.
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: .