Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
ISSN 1076-2752 · eISSN 1536-5948 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1959
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.33; JCR Q4 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 100 days to acceptance (28 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 343 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 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 Workplace Health and Well-being, Occupational Health and Safety Research and Occupational and environmental lung diseases, together about 33.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Paul W. Brandt-RaufPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions15%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions10.6%
- Occupational and environmental lung diseasesMedicine7.7%
- Occupational exposure and asthmaMedicine7.3%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine6.4%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Occupational Health and PerformanceHealth Professions4.5%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH · rank 341/443
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 166OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,770OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 246LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 13,578 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 245 | 60 | 17 |
| 2025 | 343 | 111 | 299 |
| 2024 | 266 | 103 | 576 |
| 2023 | 260 | 107 | 1,292 |
| 2022 | 288 | 144 | 1,872 |
| 2021 | 337 | 165 | 4,661 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 150 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 6 days (28 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 111 days
- Sample
- 28 articles with submission and acceptance dates (656 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review JOEM Peer Review Mentorship Program
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. September 15, 2026
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1959
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-5948
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 68, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.33; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 166.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 28 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 58–150 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Occupational and Environmental Medicine in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Q4 (341/443). 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 Occupational and Environmental Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is a hybrid 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .