Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Saude e Sociedade
ISSN 0104-1290 · eISSN 1984-0470 · Universidade de São Paulo · Brazil
Saude e Sociedade: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.34; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 139 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Saude e Sociedade is published by Universidade de São Paulo 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 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Public Health in Brazil and Youth, Drugs, and Violence, together about 46% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Saúde e Sociedade objectives are to convey scientific production at the interface of social and human sciences with the field of public/collective health; disseminate new social approaches to health, including those that understand the field of health as an object of social analysis; welcome technical production with relevant results for the advancement and improvement of health systems and other forms of care; and stimulate debate on challenging health topics and struggles for rights, diversity, and quality of life. The journal publishes works that elaborate, adopt, or dialogue with contemporary approaches to social and human sciences in relation to public/collective health. It encompasses academic production from various fields of human and social sciences, including those relating to proposed interventions and practices in public policies relating to health and care that are in line with its editorial policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief José MiguelPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions26.4%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences9.8%
- Youth, Drugs, and ViolenceSocial Sciences9.8%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions4.2%
- Indigenous Health and EducationHealth Professions3.4%
- Psychology and Mental HealthPsychology3.3%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
- Male Reproductive Health StudiesHealth Professions3.1%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
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
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, Latindex, CrossrefPublisher 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
- 0.34LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 867OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 90.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 107LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,797 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 90 | 0 |
| 2025 | 139 | 139 | 46 |
| 2024 | 157 | 157 | 206 |
| 2023 | 248 | 248 | 593 |
| 2022 | 148 | 148 | 430 |
| 2021 | 116 | 116 | 951 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidade de São Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0104-1290
- Electronic ISSN
- 1984-0470
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Saude e Sociedade
What CAS zone is Saude e Sociedade in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Saude e Sociedade is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 Saude e Sociedade?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.34; CiteScore 1, h-index 59.
How long does peer review take at Saude e Sociedade?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Saude e Sociedade?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Saude e Sociedade is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Saude e Sociedade open access, and what is the APC?
Saude e Sociedade 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .