Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
ISSN 0355-3140 · eISSN 1795-990X · Finnish Institute of Occupational Health · FINLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1975
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.96; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health is published by Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Workplace Health and Well-being, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Occupational and environmental lung diseases, together about 32.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The aim of the Journal is to promote research in the fields of occupational and environmental health and safety and to increase knowledge through the publication of original research articles, systematic reviews, and other information of high interest. Areas of interest include occupational and environmental epidemiology, occupational and environmental medicine, psychosocial factors at work, physical work load, physical activity, work-related mental and musculoskeletal problems, aging, work ability and return to work, working hours and health, occupational hygiene and toxicology, work safety and injury epidemiology as well as occupational health services. In addition to observational studies, quasi-experimental and intervention studies are welcome as well as methodological papers, occupational cohort profiles, and studies associated with economic evaluation. The Journal also publishes short communications, commentaries, discussion papers, and consensus reports, provided that these are of scientific interest.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Denmark 5, Finland 5, Netherlands 4, Norway 3, Sweden 2 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions15.3%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine8.8%
- Occupational and environmental lung diseasesMedicine7.9%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.7%
- Occupational exposure and asthmaMedicine6.6%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions6.3%
- Sleep and Work-Related FatiguePsychology5.9%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPubMedPsycINFOCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Thomson ISI, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, BIOSIS Previews, Excerpta Medica, OSH UPDATE, CISDOC(E), HSELINE, NIOSHTIC-2, TZXLIRE, Ebsco Host databases, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA/CIG), PASCAL database, National Archive Publishing Co, Elsevier (Biographic Databases), SIIC Data Bases, Medworm, WorldCAT, Chemical Safety Newsbase, Global Health, CANCERLIT, ISSN: 0355-3140, eISSN: 1795-990X
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
- 3.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 1.19Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 170OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,622OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,460 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 61 | 18 |
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | 175 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | 421 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 890 |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | 1,124 |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | 2,164 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 3,200 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,300 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 3,200 / EUR 1,600 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted15, with length limits
- commentariescommentariesLength not stated
- consensus reportsconsensus reportsLength not stated
- discussion papersResearch or practical questions relevant to occupational and environmental health can be presented with a free format in a Discussion Paper.Length not stated
- full paperOriginal research articles Original full paper/communication. These articles should report original research studies that are relevant to occupational and envir…Length not stated
- meta-analysisOriginal research articles Original full paper/communication. These articles should report original research studies that are relevant to occupational and envir…Length not stated
- methodological papersmethodological papersLength not stated
- occupational cohort profilesoccupational cohort profilesLength not stated
- original researchOriginal research articles Original full paper/communication. These articles should report original research studies that are relevant to occupational and envir…Length not stated
- original research articleOriginal research articles Original full paper/communication. These articles should report original research studies that are relevant to occupational and envir…Length not stated
- original research articlesOriginal full paper/communication. These articles should report original research studies that are relevant to occupational and environmental health in a way th…Length not stated
- short communicationOriginal research articles Original full paper/communication. These articles should report original research studies that are relevant to occupational and envir…main text ≤ 250 words · abstract ≤ 250 words
- short communicationsshort communicationsLength not stated
- studies associated with economic evaluationstudies associated with economic evaluationLength not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal research articles Original full paper/communication. These articles should report original research studies that are relevant to occupational and envir…main text ≤ 250 words · abstract ≤ 250 words
- systematic reviewsThe Journal views systematic reviews as reports of reviews of the literature on specific questions relevant to occupational health and safety, and environmental…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
ICMJE/Vancouver style Model summary
All submitted papers must conform to the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" (see: http://www.icmje.org), which is often referred to as the Vancouver style.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest & Funding
Authors must declare all conflicts of interest. If there are none, this must also be stated ("Authors declare no conflicts of interest"). Authors must declare all sources of funding and describe the role of the study sponsor(s), if any, in the (i) study design, (ii) the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, (iii) the writing of the report, and (iv) the decision to submit the paper f…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC-BY 4.0 licence Model summary
All open access articles are published with a CC-BY 4.0 licence, which allows them to be shared and built on according to the restrictions of the licence.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access only Model summary
As of 1 January 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health accepts only open access content. Exceptions from the open access fee (€3200 or €1600 for short communications) can be granted but only under very special conditions. All open access articles are published with a CC-BY 4.0 licence, which allows them to be shared and built on according to the restrictions of the licence. Click…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Authors submit through an online editorial platform. Our two Editors-in-chief vet all manuscripts and assign responsibility to Associate Editors where papers warrant consideration. If the AE sees value in a paper, he/she sends it for review to two or more external referees who independently evaluate the scientific quality of the submitted manuscripts. The Journal uses a double-blind peer-review sy…
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
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- Country or region
- FINLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1975
- ISSN
- 0355-3140
- Electronic ISSN
- 1795-990X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
What CAS zone is Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.96; CiteScore 7.8, h-index 170.
How long does peer review take at Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health based?
Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Denmark (5), Finland (5) and Netherlands (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC, PubMed, PsycINFO, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health open access, and what is the APC?
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .