Journal profile
Social Behavior Research Health
ISSN 2538-4813 · eISSN 2538-4155 · Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Social Behavior Research Health: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Social Behavior Research Health is published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Health and Well-being Studies and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Social Behavior and Community Health (JSBCH) is a semi-annually, peer-reviewed, and open access journal published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. The journal offers some particular advantages, including free of charge submissions and publishing, as well as easy and fast online submission procedure. JSBCH intends to use the experiences of scientific people in various interdisciplinary fields and to be a unique global resource for high quality publication of articles with high scientific standard. The scopes of the journal includes the following areas: Social health Social behavior Lifestyle Social determinants of health Mental health Health psychology Substance abuse Eating habits Health risk Organizational behaviour Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology9.9%
- Health and Well-being StudiesPsychology7%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.6%
- Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologySocial Sciences5.6%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology5.6%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.2%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology4.2%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 49 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- 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)
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- book reviewIn this kind of manuscript, a new published internationally and valuable book regarding to the scopes of the journal, is introduced in maximum 1000 words.Length not stated
- case reportterest, acknowledgment, and references. Case report should have 1500-2500 words. The title should include the words ‘case report’ as well amain text ≤ 2,500 words
- editorialThese manuscripts need no structure and have not abstract. But, the total words number should be at maximum 2000 including references and the references not exc…Length not stated
- letter to editorIt should be about criticism of previous articles in this journal or the others and analysis of a related scientific topic with journal scope. These manuscripts…Length not stated
- original articleThese articles must be of primary research, methodologically accurate, and relevant to Journal of Social Behavior and Community Health (JSBCH). They Should repo…Length not stated
- qualitative research articlesMaximum of 5000 words (including illustrative data), 50 references, and 5 tables or figures.Length not stated
- review articleThese articles consist of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, meta-syntheses, health system reviews, and narrative articles. These articles may be up to 7000 wor…Length not stated
- short communicationThese articles are like those of original ones except that these are shorter and prepared in minimum 1500 and maximum 3000 words.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Preprints
- Publication ethics
Ethical Considerations section must be considered by authors Model summary
The authors are required to consider the points in the Ethical Considerations section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
English language editing required before submission Model summary
Before sending the manuscript, it needs to be edited by an English language specialist.
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
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2538-4813
- Electronic ISSN
- 2538-4155
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Social Behavior Research Health
How long does peer review take at Social Behavior Research Health?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Social Behavior Research Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Social Behavior Research Health is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Social Behavior Research Health open access, and what is the APC?
Social Behavior Research Health 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .