Journal profile · Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
Public Health Challenges
ISSN 2769-2450 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA
Public Health Challenges: impact factor 1.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,780; median 172 days to acceptance (122 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 43% (journal website); 155 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Health Challenges is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Child Nutrition and Water Access, together about 29.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public Health Challenges is an open-access, multidisciplinary journal addressing all areas of public health research, policy, and practice. With a truly global scope, the journal provides a platform to facilitate knowledge of urgent public health matters and their understanding and solutions. Public Health Challenges welcomes high quality research representing the full spectrum of global public health. It publishes all works in the open access format freely available and accessible to the international public health community.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine13.3%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences9.2%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing7.1%
- Zoonotic diseases and public healthMedicine6.5%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics5.3%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine3.9%
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 134LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 143Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 239,987Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 614 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 208 | 208 | 42 |
| 2025 | 155 | 155 | 373 |
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | 628 |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | 457 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 446 |
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
172 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 135 days – 237 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (122 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 196 days
- Sample
- 122 articles with submission and acceptance dates (362 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 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 94 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 94 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 177 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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 | USD 2,780 / GBP 1,820 / EUR 2,430 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 / EUR 2,320 / GBP 1,820 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,400 / GBP 1,650 / EUR 2,100 | Yes | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- case reportArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- commentaryArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- conference proceedingsConference Proceedings 300 words Limit 3000 Around 6 Figures/Tables Typically, no more than 50 References Articles published in the context of a conference, eit…Length not stated
- editorialArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- letter to the editorArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- meta-analysisArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- perspectiveArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- research articleArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- short communicationArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Abstract Main Text Tables/Figures and References Other Notes Data Availability Statement Research Article 250 words Limit 3500 Around 6 Figures/Tab…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) Tools
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
No submission fees Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Public Health Challenges requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest and all articles published in Public Health Challenges must contain a conflict of interest statement, even if this simply states that no conflicts of interest exist for any of the article’s authors. During the submission process you will be asked to supply a conflict of interest statement; if …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Public Health Challenges is a Gold Open Access journal. Submissions will be subject to an Article Publication Charge (APC) if accepted and published in the journal. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver. For more information on this journal’s APCs and licensing policy, please visit the journal’s …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 2. Submission and Peer Review Process
Peer-review model: single-anonymized Model summary
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com. This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Support Wiley E…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprints considered Model summary
Public Health Challenges will consider for review articles previously available as preprints.
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
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Country or region
- USA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2769-2450
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Public Health Challenges
What is the impact factor of Public Health Challenges?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at Public Health Challenges?
Based on the dates recorded on 122 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 172 days (interquartile range 135–237 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Public Health Challenges?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: AMA; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Public Health Challenges?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Health Challenges is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Public Health Challenges open access, and what is the APC?
Public Health Challenges is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,780.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .