Journal of Human Lactation

Journal of Human Lactation is published by SAGE Publications Inc. 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 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, Infant Nutrition and Health and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, together about 49.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Committed to the promotion of diversity and equity in all our policies and practices, our aims are: To provide our readers and the international communities of clinicians, educators and scholars working in the field of lactation with current and quality-based evidence, from a broad array of disciplines, including the medical sciences, basic sciences, social sciences and the humanities. To provide student and novice researchers, as well as, researchers whose native language is not English, with expert editorial guidance while preparing their work for publication in JHL. In each issue, the Journal of Human Lactation publishes original research, original theoretical and conceptual articles, discussions of policy and practice issues, and the following special features: Advocacy: A column that discusses a ‘hot’ topic in lactation advocacy About Research: A column focused on an in-depth discussion of a different research topic each issue Lactation Newsmakers: An interview with a widely-recognized outstanding expert in the field from around the globe Research Commentary: A brief discussion of the issues raised in a specific research article published in the current issue Book review(s): Reviews written by content experts about relevant new publications International News Briefs: From major international lactation organizations.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Obstetrics & Gynecology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.99LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

4.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.75LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

54LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

101OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,319OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.97OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

49LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1985

ISSN

0890-3344

Electronic ISSN

1552-5732

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub