Journal profile · RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Public Health Action
ISSN 2220-8372 · The Union · France
Public Health Action: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 42 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Health Action is published by The Union 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 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, together about 45.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Operational research is performed to help improve health systems and the quality of healthcare. Public Health Action (PHA; ISSN: 2220-8372) is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal that communicates and reports new knowledge across all relevant areas of operational research including: infection control, nutrition, TB, HIV, vaccines, smoking, COVID-19, microbial resistance and disease outbreaks.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Editor-in-chief Ghulam Nabi KaziPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 3, Switzerland 3, United States 2, Japan 2, India 2 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine28.9%
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosisMedicine8.8%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine8.1%
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatmentMedicine6.9%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine6.3%
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine6%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine4.2%
- Healthcare Facilities Design and SustainabilitySocial Sciences2.9%
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 | Respiratory System | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 4 |
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
Web of SciencePMCPubMedEmbasePublisher website
Other: OpenAlex, OCLC, EBSCO products, Google, Google Scholar, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS
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
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 310OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 883 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 14 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 45 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 93 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 269 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 412 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | 497 |
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
42 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 26 days – 70 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 92 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 146 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (92 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 2,300 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | EUR 2,200 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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, Peer review
- License & copyright
Open Access under CC-BY 4.0; authors retain copyright and may self-archive. Model summary
The Journal is Open Access and published with a CC-BY 4.0 licence, so it is freely available to all to read. Authors retain copyright for their articles and are able to post the article to any website or repository of their choice.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW PROCESS
We use single-anonymous peer review (i.e., the reviewers know the identify of the authors of an article, but the authors do not know the identity of the reviewers). This allows reviewers to give feedback without fear of any repercussions.
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
- The Union
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2220-8372
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Public Health Action
What CAS zone is Public Health Action in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Health Action is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Respiratory System. 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 Public Health Action?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Public Health Action?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 42 days (interquartile range 26–70 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Public Health Action based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (3), Switzerland (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Public Health Action?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Health Action is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, PubMed and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Public Health Action open access, and what is the APC?
Public Health Action is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .