Journal profile · Multiple
One Health Outlook
ISSN 2524-4655 · BMC · United Kingdom
One Health Outlook: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,690; median 117 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
One Health Outlook is published by BMC 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 Zoonotic diseases and public health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, together about 38.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
One Health Outlook is a new open access journal published by BMC in collaboration with the Global One Health Community. Edited by Ab Osterhaus, One Health Outlook has a broad scope to encompass all aspects of One Health. Education and bringing people from different backgrounds together is what One Health is all about, and by removing barriers for readers, Open Access is ideally placed to promote the One Health ethos. One Health Outlook welcomes papers from researchers looking at the interaction between human, animal, plant and environmental health; agriculture, food and water safety and soil health; disease surveillance, prevention and response, both infectious and chronic diseases; antimicrobial resistance; environmental toxicology detection and response; public policy and regulation; education, communications and outreach.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Ab OsterhausPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 14, Germany 7, United Kingdom 5, Australia 5, Netherlands 3 (47 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Zoonotic diseases and public healthMedicine25.3%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine8%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Viral Infections and VectorsMedicine5.2%
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Antibiotic Use and ResistanceImmunology and Microbiology4.2%
- Rabies epidemiology and controlImmunology and Microbiology4.2%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
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 | Infectious Diseases | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Microbiology | 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 | Infectious Diseases | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 291,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 239 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | 56 | 35 |
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | 335 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 257 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 474 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 317 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 1,035 |
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
117 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 177 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 1,390 / USD 1,690 / GBP 1,190 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,690 / EUR 1,390 / GBP 1,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,140 / USD 1,590 / EUR 1,340 | Yes | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteExcerpts 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
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2524-4655
- Society / sponsor
- Global One Health Community to highlight research across the breadth of One Health science
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about One Health Outlook
What CAS zone is One Health Outlook in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, One Health Outlook is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Infectious Diseases / Microbiology / 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 One Health Outlook?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at One Health Outlook?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 117 days (interquartile range 74–177 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of One Health Outlook based?
Of the 47 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (14), Germany (7) and United Kingdom (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index One Health Outlook?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, One Health Outlook is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is One Health Outlook open access, and what is the APC?
One Health Outlook is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,690.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .