Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Public Health Reports
ISSN 0033-3549 · eISSN 1468-2877 · SAGE Publications Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1974
Public Health Reports: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.25; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,400; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 113 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Health Reports is published by SAGE Publications Inc. 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 Public Health Policies and Education, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, together about 28.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published since 1878, Public Health Reports is the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service. I...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions14%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine7.8%
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskMedicine6.9%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions6.7%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences5%
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine4.7%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions4.1%
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 | 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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.25LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,056OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 98LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,277 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 147 | 145 | 55 |
| 2025 | 113 | 91 | 235 |
| 2024 | 117 | 117 | 416 |
| 2023 | 139 | 138 | 1,074 |
| 2022 | 168 | 168 | 1,879 |
| 2021 | 177 | 177 | 2,977 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,400 / GBP 3,226 | — | — |
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
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1974
- ISSN
- 0033-3549
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-2877
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public Health Reports
What CAS zone is Public Health Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Health Reports is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category 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 Public Health Reports?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.25; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 130.
How long does peer review take at Public Health Reports?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Public Health Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Health Reports is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Public Health Reports open access, and what is the APC?
Public Health Reports is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,400.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .