Journal profile · Multiple
KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS
ISSN 1212-4117 · eISSN 1804-7122 · University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences · Czechia
KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 27% (journal website); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS is published by University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences 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 Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Family Support in Illness, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Kontakt is a platform for publishing contributions on the complexity of interactions between clinical and social actions in the context of health improvement.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Doc. PhDr. SylvaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education, Psychology, and Social ResearchSocial Sciences18.5%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine5.6%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences5.3%
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions4.8%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine4.7%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing4%
- Health, psychology, and well-beingHealth Professions3.9%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions3.8%
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 | Nursing | 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 |
| Minor | Nursing | 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) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 69LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,258 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 57 | 2 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 24 |
| 2024 | 61 | 61 | 78 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 113 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 114 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 249 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | EUR 300 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 50 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 150 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 300 | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,500 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 2
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- original research articlewn separate line. The word limit for an original research article should not exceed 5,500 words, including title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, dismain text ≤ 5,500 words
- reviewIt is understood that all authors listed on a manuscript have agreed to its submission. The signature of the corresponding author on the letter of submission si…Length not stated
- review articleentire reference list and disclosures. Review articles should not exceed 6,500 words in total. Please do not exceed a combined maximum of 10 figmain text ≤ 6,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts. Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the journal's Editor-in-Chief from the author for correspondence of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author names rearranged…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interests including financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, ho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Publication ethics policy follows COPE guidelines. Model summary
The journal's Publication Ethics policy follows the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines available here: https://publicationethics.org/.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
It is understood that all authors listed on a manuscript have agreed to its submission. The signature of the corresponding author on the letter of submission signifies that these conditions have been fulfilled. Received manuscripts are first examined by the editors. Manuscripts with insufficient priority for publication are rejected promptly. Incomplete submissions or manuscripts not prepared in t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originality screening via iThenticate. Model summary
To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection service iThenticate.
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
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
- Country or region
- Czechia
- Language
- Czech, English
- ISSN
- 1212-4117
- Electronic ISSN
- 1804-7122
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS
What CAS zone is KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing / 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 KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27% (2025). 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 KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,500 words; Reference style: Harvard; Suggested reviewers: Required, 2. 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.
Which databases index KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS open access, and what is the APC?
KONTAKT-JOURNAL OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .