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WHO South-East Asia journal of public health
ISSN 2304-5272 · Wolters Kluwer Health
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WHO South-East Asia journal of public health: subscription journal; median 198 days to acceptance (14 articles, last 24 months); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
WHO South-East Asia journal of public health is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Maternal and Child Health and Healthcare Systems and Practices, together about 30.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.4%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine9.7%
- Healthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Professions7.2%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions4.9%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine4.5%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions4.3%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
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 | Q2 | 323/669 | 51st |
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 189OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 409 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 499 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 699 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 750 |
| 2023 | 19 | 18 | 906 |
| 2022 | 19 | 10 | 821 |
| 2021 | 39 | 20 | 819 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
198 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 130 days – 278 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 69 days (14 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 294 days
- Sample
- 14 articles with submission and acceptance dates (14 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to WHO South-East Asia journal of public health
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Maternal and Child Health.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4Expected review time198 days · Median, submission to acceptance · 14 articles, last 24 months · CrossrefReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 2304-5272
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about WHO South-East Asia journal of public health
How long does peer review take at WHO South-East Asia journal of public health?
Based on the dates recorded on 14 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 198 days (interquartile range 130–278 days). 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 WHO South-East Asia journal of public health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, WHO South-East Asia journal of public health is indexed in Scopus.
Is WHO South-East Asia journal of public health open access, and what is the APC?
WHO South-East Asia journal of public health is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .