Journal profile · Multiple
Stigma and Health
ISSN 2376-6972 · eISSN 2376-6964 · APA
Stigma and Health: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; 105 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Stigma and Health is published by APA 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 Mental Health Treatment and Access, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Obesity and Health Practices, together about 37.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The lives of people with disease and disability are worsened by stigma, thus leading to public prejudice, loss of self-worth, and negative implications for health and well-being. Stigma and Health serves as a venue for articles examining research representing stigma in its various guises as it impacts people living with mental and physical illness.Stigma and Health publishes peer-reviewed, original research articles that may include tests of hypotheses about the form and impact of stigma, examination of strategies to decrease stigma's effects, and survey research capturing stigma in populations. Stigma and Health especially welcomes research studies on methods meant to erase the stigma of mental and physical illnesses. Theoretical reviews and pioneering reports on innovations are also welcome. More About The Journal
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 74, Australia 5, Canada 4, United Kingdom 3, Germany 3 (95 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology20.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology9.4%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions7.8%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology5.9%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology5.5%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology5.1%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine5.1%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology3.8%
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 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 4 |
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 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 261OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 67LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 914 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 19 | 7 |
| 2025 | 105 | 41 | 99 |
| 2024 | 155 | 52 | 304 |
| 2023 | 96 | 28 | 397 |
| 2022 | 103 | 27 | 894 |
| 2021 | 98 | 31 | 1,052 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- APA
- ISSN
- 2376-6972
- Electronic ISSN
- 2376-6964
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Stigma and Health
What CAS zone is Stigma and Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Stigma and Health is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Psychology, Social. 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 Stigma and Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.3, h-index 46.
Where are the editorial board members of Stigma and Health based?
Of the 95 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (74), Australia (5) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Stigma and Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Stigma and Health is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Stigma and Health open access, and what is the APC?
Stigma and Health is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .