Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Tanzania Journal of Health Research
ISSN 1821-6404 · eISSN 1821-9241 · Health Research User's Trust Fund
Tanzania Journal of Health Research: fully open access; no APC; 124 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tanzania Journal of Health Research is published by Health Research User's Trust Fund. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Malaria Research and Control, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Global Maternal and Child Health, together about 33.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
TJHR publishes articles from various disciplines, including primary and biomedical sciences, behavioural sciences, epidemiology, clinical sciences, health economics and health policy, operations research and implementation sciences, and social sciences and humanities. It aims to advance health sciences by publishing high-quality research and review articles communicating new ideas and developments in biomedical and health research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief William N. KisinzaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine13.4%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine11.6%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine8.7%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4.3%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine3.8%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine3.8%
- Reproductive Health and ContraceptionMedicine3.8%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology3.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q3 | 472/669 | 29th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 292OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,043 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 115 | 115 | 337 |
| 2025 | 124 | 124 | 512 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 658 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | 752 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 765 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 877 |
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Articles in English (British spelling) Model summary
TJHR accepts articles written in English; spelling should be based on British English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest: ICMJE disclosure form required. Model summary
All authors must complete the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethical approval required for all manuscripts. Model summary
All manuscripts submitted for publication must include evidence of ethical approval from the appropriate authorities.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: internal screening then three peer reviewers, max three weeks for review; authors have max fourteen days to respond to reviewers' comments. Model summary
Once manuscripts have been submitted to the TJHR, they undergo internal screening by the journal editorial team. Manuscripts meeting submission criteria and standards are thereafter assigned to three peer reviewers who are given a maximum of three weeks to undertake the review and submit reviewers’ comments.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Quarterly publication (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) Model summary
Published quarterly in January, April, July and October
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
- Health Research User's Trust Fund
- ISSN
- 1821-6404
- Electronic ISSN
- 1821-9241
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tanzania Journal of Health Research
Which databases index Tanzania Journal of Health Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tanzania Journal of Health Research is indexed in Scopus.
Is Tanzania Journal of Health Research open access, and what is the APC?
Tanzania Journal of Health Research is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .