Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
ISSN 1048-2911 · eISSN 1541-3772 · SAGE
New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy is published by SAGE 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 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces, Occupational Health and Global Justice and Occupational Health and Safety Research, together about 50.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Occupational Health and Safety in WorkplacesHealth Professions28.3%
- Occupational Health and Global JusticeSocial Sciences13.6%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions8.8%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Environmental Justice and Health DisparitiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions3.7%
- Regulation and Compliance StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
- Labor Law and Work DynamicsSocial Sciences3.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | 426/725 | 41st |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | Q3 | 113/151 | 25th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 247OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,624 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 15 | 565 |
| 2025 | 50 | 27 | 711 |
| 2024 | 38 | 16 | 767 |
| 2023 | 36 | 10 | 774 |
| 2022 | 30 | 14 | 820 |
| 2021 | 54 | 24 | 757 |
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.
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — |
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1048-2911
- Electronic ISSN
- 1541-3772
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
What CAS zone is New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 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.
Which databases index New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy open access, and what is the APC?
New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .