Journal profile · AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Noise & Health
ISSN 1463-1741 · eISSN 1998-4030 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · ENGLAND · Founded 1998
Noise & Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.48; JCR Q3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 500; median 92 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 127 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Noise & Health is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow 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 Noise Effects and Management, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, together about 60.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Noise and Health is the only International Journal devoted to research on all aspects of noise and its effects on human health. An inter-disciplinary journal for all professions concerned with auditory and non-auditory effects of occupational, environmental, and leisure noise. It aims to provide a forum for presentation of novel research material on a broad range of topics associated with noise pollution, its control and its detrimental effects on hearing and health. It will cover issues from basic experimental science through clinical evaluation and management, technical aspects of noise reduction systems and solutions to environmental issues relating to social and public health policy.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Goran BelojevicPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Noise Effects and ManagementHealth Professions31.3%
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience14.8%
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsNeuroscience14.4%
- Music Therapy and HealthPsychology9.9%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine5.4%
- Vehicle Noise and Vibration ControlEngineering3.7%
- Vestibular and auditory disordersNeuroscience3.1%
- Acoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchEngineering1.9%
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 | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | 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 | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY · rank 21/35
- JCR Q3 · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH · rank 325/443
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.48LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 412OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 122LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 901 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 109 | 109 | 10 |
| 2025 | 127 | 127 | 153 |
| 2024 | 84 | 84 | 308 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 136 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 366 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 99 |
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
92 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 125 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 60 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 155 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (254 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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 37 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 | USD 500 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | USD 100 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 200 | No | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1463-1741
- Electronic ISSN
- 1998-4030
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 133 (August 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Noise & Health
What CAS zone is Noise & Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Noise & Health is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Audiology & Speech-language Pathology / 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 Noise & Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.48; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Noise & Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 92 days (interquartile range 70–125 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 JCR quartile is Noise & Health in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY Q3 (21/35), PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Q3 (325/443). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Noise & Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Noise & Health is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Noise & Health open access, and what is the APC?
Noise & Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 500.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .