Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
ISSN 1606-0997 · eISSN 2072-1315 · BioMed Central · BANGLADESH · Quarterly · Founded 2015
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.73; fully open access; APC about USD 2,790; median 157 days to acceptance (117 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 80%; 474 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health and Nutritional Studies and Diet, together about 40.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition publishes research on human population health and nutrition. We consider only human-related studies and do not publish work limited to animal, plant or in vitro models. As a global public health journal, we prioritise studies with clear international relevance. We will only rarely consider single-centre or single-community studies, and only when the insights are generalisable beyond the local setting. Focus areas: We welcome rigorous, policy-relevant research across (but not limited to) the following areas: Global health and health systems Health economics Infectious diseases Maternal, newborn and child health Non-communicable diseases Nutrition, including stunting and malnutrition Reproductive health and family planning Environment-related health — only where the primary outcomes are human health or nutrition at the population level, for example:
· Health effects of extreme heat and other climate-related exposures
· Natural disasters and population health impacts
· Sustainability, nutrition and health, including the health impact of dietary shifts (e.g., reduced meat consumption) and the population-level implications of ultra-processed foods (local vs. imported)
· Health effects of water, air and agriculture-related pollution when directly linked to human outcomes
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Swapan K. RoyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 15, India 13, Iran 12, Bangladesh 7, United Kingdom 5 (80 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing19.1%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine12.8%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine9%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine7.6%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions4.5%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine4.2%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine3.9%
- Breastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 3.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 755OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 458LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,700,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,845 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 260 | 260 | 81 |
| 2025 | 474 | 474 | 1,613 |
| 2024 | 229 | 229 | 2,204 |
| 2023 | 146 | 146 | 1,795 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 977 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 1,030 |
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
157 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 80 days – 209 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (117 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 117 articles with submission and acceptance dates (798 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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 80%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 2,090 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,890 / USD 2,590 / EUR 2,190 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,290 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 | — | — |
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 papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted7
- brief reportResearch Case study Comment Correspondence Review Brief report Study protocolLength not stated
- case studyResearch Case study Comment Correspondence Review Brief report Study protocolLength not stated
- commentResearch Case study Comment Correspondence Review Brief report Study protocolLength not stated
- correspondenceResearch Case study Comment Correspondence Review Brief report Study protocolLength not stated
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- reviewResearch Case study Comment Correspondence Review Brief report Study protocolLength not stated
- study protocolResearch Case study Comment Correspondence Review Brief report Study protocolLength 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
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where appropriate. Model summary
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
Published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 or CC BY 4.0 licence. 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 Health, Population and Nutrition articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- BANGLADESH
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2015
- ISSN
- 1606-0997
- Electronic ISSN
- 2072-1315
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
What CAS zone is Journal of Health Population and Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Health Population and Nutrition is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Health Population and Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.73; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Health Population and Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 117 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 157 days (interquartile range 80–209 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 80%”. 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 Health Population and Nutrition?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Health Population and Nutrition based?
Of the 80 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), India (13) and Iran (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Health Population and Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Health Population and Nutrition is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Health Population and Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,790.
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: .