Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health
ISSN 1975-8375 · eISSN 2233-4521 · Korean Society for Preventive Medicine
Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 95 days to acceptance (81 articles, last 24 months); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health is published by Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 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 Health and Wellbeing Research, Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies and Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior, together about 43.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JPMPH aims to advance research, policy, education, and practice in the field of preventive medicine and public health by publishing papers of high scientific quality. It publishes articles in the disciplines of epidemiology, health policy, and environmental and occupational health. The journal encourages submission of papers on the determinants of health, health promotion, disease prevention, community health interventions, health services research, health systems, environmental risks, and workplace safety. The journal provides a forum for sharing timely and up-to-date knowledge in improving population health worldwide.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Sue K. ParkPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 6%); most named South Korea 29, United States 9, Mainland China 3, Japan 1, Italy 1 (48 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions18.8%
- Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education StudiesMedicine15.7%
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing8.7%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting YouthSocial Sciences3.9%
- Education, Safety, and Science StudiesSocial Sciences3.8%
- Marine and Coastal ResearchEngineering3.5%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science3%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbaseCASCINAHLPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref, EBSCO, KoreaMed, KoMCI
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 613OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 65LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,359 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 6 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 121 |
| 2024 | 81 | 81 | 382 |
| 2023 | 69 | 69 | 757 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | 880 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | 988 |
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
95 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 63 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 136 days (81 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 222 days
- Sample
- 81 articles with submission and acceptance dates (147 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 publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | KRW 280,000 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | KRW 280,000 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- brief reporttopic should first contact the editor. Brief Reports Preliminary or novel findings may be reported (limited to 2000 words in the main text, a structured abstrac…main text ≤ 2,000 words · references ≤ 20
- case reportr the Methods, Results, and Discussion. Case Reports Case reports are limited to 1500 words in the main text, an unstructured abstract, a maximum of 2main text ≤ 1,500 words · references ≤ 15
- editorialeditorials from other submitted papers. Editorials are 1000 words in length with no abstract and up to 10 references. Subheadmain text ≤ 1,000 words · references ≤ 10
- letter to the editor/responseLetter to the Editor/Response Not required 1000 5 2Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor referring to a recent JPMPH article are encouraged up to 3 months after the article is published. No abstract is required. The editors res…references ≤ 5
- original articlepublic health research are published as original articles (up to 3000 words in the main text, not including abstract, tables, figures,main text ≤ 3,000 words · abstract ≤ 250 words · references ≤ 40
- perspectivepreventive medicine and public health. Perspectives are limited to 1200 words in the main text, an unstructured abstract with maximum ofmain text ≤ 1,200 words · abstract ≤ 200 words · references ≤ 10
- public health debatesPublic Health Debates Not required 1000 10 2Length not stated
- reviewUpon submission of a manuscript, the board of editors for the JPMPH will review the paper for appropriateness of content. Articles can be rejected at this initi…Length not stated
- review (systematic review, narrative/non-systematic review)Review (Systematic review, Narrative/Non-systematic review)2 250 3500 100 6Length not stated
- systematic reviewSystematic review presents a comprehensive search and appraisal of accumulating evidence of an important public health topic using a systematic approach for wel…main text ≤ 3,500 words · references ≤ 100
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship credit should be based on: (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (3) final approval of the version to be published; and (4) agreeing to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that the questions related to th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
The corresponding author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors’ interpretation of the data. Examples of potential conflicts of interest are financial support from or connections to companies, political pressure from interest groups, and academically related issues. In particular, all sources of funding applicable to the study should be expli…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing Statement
ICMJE data sharing statement policy Model summary
JPMPH accepts the ICMJE Recommendations for data sharing statement policy (http://icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). All manuscripts reporting clinical trial results should submit a data sharing statement following the ICMJE guidelines.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyrights, Open Access, and Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License Model summary
Copyright The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine owns the copyright of all manuscripts published in JPMPH. Authors are required to sign the journal’s “Copyright Transfer Agreement” form, which is downloadable from our e-submission website (http://submit.jpmph.org/), should be signed by all authors, scanned and uploaded once a manuscript has been accepted. The corresponding author is responsibl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Copyrights, Open Access, and Creative Commons License
Copyright The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine owns the copyright of all manuscripts published in JPMPH. Authors are required to sign the journal’s “Copyright Transfer Agreement” form, which is downloadable from our e-submission website (http://submit.jpmph.org/), should be signed by all authors, scanned and uploaded once a manuscript has been accepted. The corresponding author is responsibl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Double-blind peer review by two or three experts Model summary
Upon submission of a manuscript, the board of editors for the JPMPH will review the paper for appropriateness of content. Articles can be rejected at this initial review process. Articles that pass this preview are then reviewed by two or three experts in the field. The authors’ names and affiliations are removed during peer review. Double-blind peer review averages 2 months to complete. The board…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality, Plagiarism and Duplicate Publication
Plagiarism screening via CrossCheck Model summary
Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. No part of the accepted manuscript should be duplicated in any other scientific journal without the permission of the Editorial Board. Submitted manuscripts are screened for possible plagiarism or duplicate publication by CrossCheck (http://www.ithenticate.com/) upon arrival. If plagi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines
In addition to the Uniform Requirements, a number of reporting guidelines have been developed by groups of experts to facilitate reporting of research studies or clinical trials. Authors are encouraged to condult with guidelines relevant to their specific research design. A good source of reporting guidelines is the Equator Network (http://www.equator-network.org/).
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
- Korean Society for Preventive Medicine
- ISSN
- 1975-8375
- Electronic ISSN
- 2233-4521
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 59 (July 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health
What CAS zone is Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 81 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 95 days (interquartile range 63–117 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health based?
Of the 48 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (29), United States (9) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed, Embase, CAS and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .