Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health
ISSN 2368-7924 · University of Toronto Press
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 166 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health is published by University of Toronto Press 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 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Education and Military Integration and Occupational Health and Performance, together about 50.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (JMVFH), the official scholarly journal of CIMVHR, publishes peer-reviewed research focused on the health and social well-being of military personnel, Veterans, and their families.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Stéphanie A.H. BélangerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology22.4%
- Education and Military IntegrationSocial Sciences21.1%
- Occupational Health and PerformanceHealth Professions7.3%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology5.2%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology3.5%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology3.4%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine3.2%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology3.2%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q2 | 322/669 | 51st |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 70LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 736 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | 35 | 453 |
| 2025 | 74 | 73 | 506 |
| 2024 | 107 | 105 | 466 |
| 2023 | 60 | 59 | 463 |
| 2022 | 58 | 18 | 378 |
| 2021 | 92 | 25 | 323 |
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
166 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 214 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 185 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 335 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (125 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
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Article types accepted3
- advance accessAdvance AccessLength not stated
- current issueCurrent IssueLength not stated
- past issuesPast IssuesLength not stated
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
- University of Toronto Press
- ISSN
- 2368-7924
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health
What CAS zone is Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 Military, Veteran and Family Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 63 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 166 days (interquartile range 111–214 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 Military, Veteran and Family Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .