Journal profile
Open Health
ISSN 2544-9826 · De Gruyter · Poland
Open Health: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: The journal is closed for submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Open Health is published by De Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Public Health Policies and Education, together about 21% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal Open Health was an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that is a forum for presenting novel research, systematic reviews, and discussions on the promotion of health and disease prevention. The journal provided academically thoughtful and up-to-date reports within the research community on topics including: Physical and mental healthPublic, environmental, and occupational healthNutrition and dieteticsPhysical activityLifestyle changeHealth policy and systemsGlobal healthHealth economicsDigital healthEpidemiologyGeo-political influences on health The journal is closed for submissions. The journal was published in Open Access model.All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commonslicense. Your Benefits publication in Open Health is FREE OF CHARGE fast and constructive peer review no length restrictions open-access model – unrestricted access for all readers continuous publication model – quick publication after acceptance free language editing for authors from non-English speaking countries worldwide promotion of each article secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico comprehensive abstracting and indexing
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Jimmy EfirdPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences8%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine7%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions6%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology5%
- Ovarian function and disordersMedicine5%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics5%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5%
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Baidu, OCLC, Baidu Scholar, Cabells Journalytics, CABI (over 50 subsections), CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), CNPIEC - cnpLINKer, Dimensions, EBSCO Discovery Service, Google Scholar, J-Gate, Naver Academic, Naviga (Softweco), Primo Central (ExLibris), ReadCube, Scilit, Semantic Scholar, Summon (ProQuest), TDNet, WanFang Data, WorldCat (OCLC), X-MOL, Yewno DiscoverPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 115 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 103 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 85 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 37 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 56 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 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
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Authors retain copyright; copyrights governed by the Creative Commons license. Model summary
All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commonslicense.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts 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
- De Gruyter
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2544-9826
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Open Health
How long does peer review take at Open Health?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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.
Which databases index Open Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Open Health is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Open Health open access, and what is the APC?
Open Health is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .