Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Journal of Public Health Research
ISSN 2279-9028 · eISSN 2279-9036 · PAGEPress Publications · Italy
Journal of Public Health Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; median 205 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 32.5% (journal website); 158 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Public Health Research is published by PAGEPress Publications 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 COVID-19 and Mental Health, Global Maternal and Child Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access, together about 25.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Public Health Research is an online, open access, double-anonymized peer-reviewed, scholarly journal in the field of public health science. The aim of the Journal is to generate knowledge with direct relevance for improved health outcomes at population level.Open access article processing charge (APC) informationPublication in the journal is subject to payment of an APC. The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons licence.The article processing charge (APC) is $2400.The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.Submission informationSubmit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jphres.Please see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.Please note that all submissions must follow the specific template provided below for each study-type.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Marta A. BalinskaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United States 21, United Kingdom 8, Mainland China 7, India 6, Australia 6 (105 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology10.9%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine7.8%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing6.6%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.4%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics6.1%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences5%
- COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
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.
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)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 403OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 149LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,161 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 161 | 161 | 26 |
| 2025 | 158 | 158 | 187 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | 350 |
| 2023 | 114 | 114 | 804 |
| 2022 | 101 | 101 | 983 |
| 2021 | 232 | 232 | 3,571 |
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
205 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 154 days – 264 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 235 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (319 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 32.5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted14, with length limits
- brief reportImpact of the Study for Public Health. Brief Reports (max: 2000 words, unstructured abstract 150 words, 3 tables/figures, 20 refemain text ≤ 2,000 words
- editorial00 words or have more than 3 references Editorials (max 2000 words) Editorials are usually invited or addressed by editors abomain text ≤ 2,000 words
- meta-analysisPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 25…Length not stated
- original articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 25…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- original articlesOriginal Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 250 words, 6 tables/figures, 40 references)Length not stated
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 25…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- perspectives and debatesPerspectives and Debates (max: 4000 words, unstructured abstract 250 words, 3 tables/figures, 30 references)Length not stated
- protocolition for the best “Perspective”. Study Protocols (max: 3000 words, structured abstract 250 words, 2 tables/figures, 15 referemain text ≤ 3,000 words
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 25…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- review articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 25…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews (max: 8000 words, unstructured abstract 250 words, 6 tables/figures, 60 references)Length not stated
- systematic reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 25…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- systematic reviews and meta-analysesSystematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (max: 8000 words, unstructured abstract 250 words, 6 tables/figures, 60 references)Length not stated
- viewpointPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Articles (max: 6000 words, structured abstract 25…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethics and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data avai…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
Journal of Public Health Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, pai…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The Journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials be registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- PAGEPress Publications
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2279-9028
- Electronic ISSN
- 2279-9036
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Public Health Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Public Health Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Public Health Research 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 Public Health Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Public Health Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 205 days (interquartile range 154–264 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32.5%. 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 Public Health Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 Public Health Research based?
Of the 105 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 7 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (21), United Kingdom (8) and Mainland China (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Public Health Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Public Health Research is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Public Health Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Public Health Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .