Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Neuroepidemiology
ISSN 0251-5350 · eISSN 1423-0208 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1982
Neuroepidemiology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.82; hybrid open access; median 103 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 101 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neuroepidemiology is published by S. Karger AG and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, together about 32.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The only journal devoted to the research on neurological diseases frequency distribution and determinants in human populations
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicine13.5%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine10.8%
- Multiple Sclerosis Research StudiesMedicine7.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine5.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.7%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine4.9%
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| 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 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 2.82LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,620OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 95LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,939 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 | 41 | 26 |
| 2025 | 101 | 41 | 231 |
| 2024 | 105 | 57 | 605 |
| 2023 | 54 | 29 | 441 |
| 2022 | 61 | 34 | 1,104 |
| 2021 | 76 | 37 | 1,507 |
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
103 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 66 days – 131 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 136 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (289 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24.7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1982
- ISSN
- 0251-5350
- Electronic ISSN
- 1423-0208
- Society / sponsor
- International Association of Neurology and Epidemiology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 60, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Neuroepidemiology
What CAS zone is Neuroepidemiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Neuroepidemiology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / 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.
What is the impact factor of Neuroepidemiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.82; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 126.
How long does peer review take at Neuroepidemiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 103 days (interquartile range 66–131 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24.7%. 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.
Which databases index Neuroepidemiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neuroepidemiology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Neuroepidemiology open access, and what is the APC?
Neuroepidemiology 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .