Journal profile · Social Sciences-Health (social science)
Journal of Mid-life Health
ISSN 0976-7800 · eISSN 0976-7819 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
Journal of Mid-life Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 55 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); 85 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Mid-life Health is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments, Uterine Myomas and Treatments and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Obstetrics and Gynecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Health (social science)
Editor-in-chief Atul MunshiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Menopause: Health Impacts and TreatmentsMedicine16.6%
- Uterine Myomas and TreatmentsMedicine9.5%
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatmentMedicine6.9%
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer TreatmentsMedicine6.4%
- Endometriosis Research and TreatmentMedicine6.4%
- Gynecological conditions and treatmentsMedicine5.7%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine5.1%
- Bone health and osteoporosis researchMedicine4.9%
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 | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY · rank 116/143
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 258OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 873 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 81 | 7 |
| 2025 | 85 | 85 | 100 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 107 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | 146 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | 401 |
| 2021 | 61 | 61 | 640 |
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
55 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 26 days – 94 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 111 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 184 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (185 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 43 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0976-7800
- Electronic ISSN
- 0976-7819
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Mid-life Health
What CAS zone is Journal of Mid-life Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Mid-life Health is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Obstetrics & Gynecology. 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Mid-life Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Mid-life Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 55 days (interquartile range 26–94 days); authors report an average review time of about 43 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Mid-life Health in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Q4 (116/143). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal of Mid-life Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Mid-life Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Mid-life Health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Mid-life Health 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .