Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
ISSN 1351-0711 · eISSN 1470-7926 · BMJ Publishing Group · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1994
Occupational and Environmental Medicine: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1; hybrid open access; median 175 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 87 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Occupational and Environmental Medicine is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Occupational exposure and asthma and Air Quality and Health Impacts, together about 35.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
OEM publishes research and comment on workplace chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial hazards & health effects of environmental contaminants.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Michelle C. TurnerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Occupational and environmental lung diseasesMedicine15.4%
- Occupational exposure and asthmaMedicine11.5%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science8.8%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions7.4%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions6.6%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
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
- 3.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 127LetPub ·
- h-index
- 215OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,202OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,483 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 36 | 10 |
| 2025 | 87 | 59 | 192 |
| 2024 | 94 | 62 | 420 |
| 2023 | 115 | 75 | 1,069 |
| 2022 | 100 | 67 | 1,248 |
| 2021 | 122 | 79 | 2,206 |
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
175 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 138 days – 242 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 49 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 229 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (178 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1351-0711
- Electronic ISSN
- 1470-7926
- Society / sponsor
- Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Occupational and Environmental Medicine
What CAS zone is Occupational and Environmental Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Occupational and Environmental Medicine is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.1; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 215.
How long does peer review take at Occupational and Environmental Medicine?
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 175 days (interquartile range 138–242 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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 Occupational and Environmental Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Occupational and Environmental Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Occupational and Environmental Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 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, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .