Journal profile · Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Journal of Health and Pollution
ISSN 2156-9614 · Pure Earth · United States
Journal of Health and Pollution: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Health and Pollution is published by Pure Earth. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Heavy metals in environment, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, together about 39.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science19.3%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science14%
- Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyEnvironmental Science6%
- Environmental and Analytical Chemistry StudiesEnvironmental Science6%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Mercury impact and mitigation studiesEnvironmental Science3.5%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science3.4%
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 | 534/725 | 26th |
| Pollution | Q4 | 153/180 | 15th |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | Q4 | 132/151 | 12th |
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
Early warning / risk: Removed from ESCI for production reasons on 22 May 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 216OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.32%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 342 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 744 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1,020 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 1,160 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1,254 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1,187 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 1,010 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 5 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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
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 | Public domain | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving Release delay (Embargo)
Typically, articles are not available in PMC until after the publisher's embargo period. However, in some cases articles may be available in PMC sooner than the default period.
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
- Pure Earth
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2156-9614
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health and Pollution
How long does peer review take at Journal of Health and Pollution?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
Which databases index Journal of Health and Pollution?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Health and Pollution is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Health and Pollution open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Health and Pollution 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; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .