Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health
ISSN 2950-4333 · Elsevier
Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,080; median 107 days to acceptance (73 articles, last 24 months); 333 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health is published by Elsevier and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Systems and Practices, Health, Medicine and Society and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 44.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Professions23.7%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions15.1%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social IssuesHealth Professions4.6%
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine4.1%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics3.4%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine3.2%
- Migration, Identity, and HealthSocial Sciences3.2%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 65.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,476 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 588 | 262 | 17 |
| 2025 | 333 | 174 | 63 |
| 2024 | 555 | 337 | 314 |
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 PubMed · to
107 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 154 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 44 days (73 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 164 days
- Sample
- 73 articles with submission and acceptance dates (100 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".
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,080 / EUR 1,900 / GBP 1,670 / JPY 257,980 | — | — |
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2950-4333
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health
What CAS zone is Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 73 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 107 days (interquartile range 72–154 days). 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 Epidemiology and Population Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,080.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .