Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Air Quality and Health Impacts, Occupational Health and Safety Research and Infection Control and Ventilation, together about 31% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH) publishes investigations that enhance the knowledge and practice of occupational and environmental hygiene and safety in the workplace and community. We publish peer-reviewed research studies that examine exposures, risks and controls that can be used to understand how exposures relate to health outcomes, and how these can be managed to the betterment of society. The JOEH publishes studies across a range of investigation types, including laboratory investigations, field studies, simulations, and secondary data analyses to help understand occupational and environmental hygiene. Stressors relating to adverse health outcomes are the main focus of the JOEH , including chemical, biological, radiation, noise, ergonomics, and psychosocial hazards, including how work-life organization affects these exposures. Relevant topics include: Method development to assess exposures, including sensor technology, analytical methods, and field sampling equipment Exposure assessments and models that are generalizable across an identified population(s) Risk assessments and models relating health outcomes to exposures Exposure determinants that identify significant contributions to exposures Control strategies (design, performance) to minimize exposures and disease risks Personal protective equipment assessments and strategies Emergency preparedness and response Exposures and risks of special populations that are underrepresented in the literature The changing workforce and environment “Big data” management and analysis Emerging hazards affecting health and safety Impactful papers are those that address topics above and also identify relevant populations. For technical manuscripts, authors must fully describe research methods – including equipment, study plan (sample size, recruitment, etc.), data analysis, and relevant environmental characteristics. Papers need to be generalizable and should not merely report site-specific monitoring results without providing relevance to a broader population. The Journal also welcomes reviews and commentaries related to the topics above. The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH) is a joint publication of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA®) and ACGIH®.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Editor-in-chief Michael LarrañagaPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4, Finland 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of ScienceMEDLINEINSPECEmbaseCASCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Barbour Index, BIOSIS Previews, CSA - Corrosion Abstracts, CSA – Engineered Materials Abstracts, CSA – Computer & Information Systems Abstracts, CSA – Electronics & Communications Abstracts, CSA – METADEX/Metals Abstracts, CSA - Pollution Abstracts, CSA – Solid State & Superconductivity Abstracts, CSA - Toxicology Abstracts, CSA - Health & Safety Abstracts, CSA - Civil Engineering Abstracts, CSA - Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts, Lexis-Nexis, BIOBASE

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.

Impact

Impact factor

1.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

2.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.39LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.39Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.78LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.78Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

48LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

87OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,183OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.27OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

12.66%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

89LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

221,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

12–24 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

24%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

15 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

75 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

54 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

2004

ISSN

1545-9624

Electronic ISSN

1545-9632

Society / sponsor

AIHA® and the ACGIH®

Latest issue on the website

Volume 23, Issue 8 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website