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90 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

90 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 9 are Q1 and 7 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.

90journals with no APC
9Q1 in this category
7Q2 in this category
74Q3 or Q4 in this category

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 22% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 16 weeks. Most are published in Iran (13), United Kingdom (6) and United States (6). 81% accept manuscripts in English and 46% accept at least one other language.

All 90 free-to-publish journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Eurosurveillance
1560-7917
Q12.81143European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlSweden30 wk
2Preventing Chronic Disease
1545-1151
Q11.824108Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States22 wk
3Journal of Health Monitoring
2511-2708
Q11.66119Robert Koch InstituteGermany20 wk
4Bulletin of the World Health Organization
0042-9686 · 1564-0604
Q11.547210The World Health OrganizationSwitzerland32 wk
5Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
2368-738X
Q11.20441Public Health Agency of CanadaCanada40 wk
6Family Medicine and Community Health
2305-6983 · 2009-8774
Q11.14925BMJ Publishing GroupUnited Kingdom20 wk
7Health Promotion Perspectives
2228-6497
Q11.03332Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran13 wk
8Salud Pública de México
0036-3634
Q10.99272Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaMexico34 wk
9Global Health: Science and Practice Journal
2169-575X
Q10.94953Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States22 wk
10Slovenian Journal of Public Health
1854-2476
Q20.68421SciendoPoland23 wk
11Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
1020-4989 · 1680-5348
Q20.65772Pan American Health OrganizationUnited States20 wk
12Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
2045-4015
Q20.61334BMCUnited Kingdom28 wk
13Sleep Epidemiology
2667-3436
Q20.58911ElsevierNetherlands14 wk
14Rural and Remote Health
1445-6354
Q20.5757James Cook UniversityAustralia8 wk
15Chinese Journal of Traumatology
1008-1275
Q20.55742ElsevierNetherlands28 wk
16International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
2191-0278
Q20.55649De GruyterGermany17 wk
17UCL Open Environment
2632-0886
Q30.47211UCL PressUnited Kingdom25 wk
18Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
2210-9099 · 2233-6052
Q30.46942Korea Disease Control and Prevention AgencySouth Korea16 wk
19Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
0021-2571 · 2384-8553
Q30.46359Istituto Superiore di SanitàItaly8 wk
20Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju
1848-6312
Q30.41951SciendoCroatia25 wk
21Programme Grants for Applied Research
2050-4322 · 2050-4330
Q30.4119NIHR Journals LibraryUnited Kingdom53 wk
22Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research
2287-3651 · 2287-366X
Q30.40425Korean Vaccine Society; Korean Society of ZoonosesSouth Korea8 wk
23Journal of Primary Health Care
1172-6164 · 1172-6156
Q30.39330CSIRO PublishingAustralia28 wk
24Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
2094-7321 · 2094-7313
Q30.35225World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western PacificPhilippines30 wk
25Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional
0303-7657 · 2317-6369
Q30.33410Fundação Jorge Duprat Figueiredo de Segurança e Medicina do Trabalho - FUNDACENTROBrazil53 wk
26Saúde e Sociedade
0104-1290 · 1984-0470
Q30.32929Universidade de São PauloBrazil12 wk
27Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
1726-4634 · 1726-4642
Q30.31834Instituto Nacional de SaludPeru12 wk
28Salud Colectiva
1669-2381 · 1851-8265
Q30.31620Instituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de LanúsArgentina22 wk
29Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy
2398-8819
Q30.31311Emerald PublishingUnited Kingdom27 wk
30Microbiology Australia
1324-4272 · 2201-9189
Q30.31213CSIRO PublishingAustralia7 wk
31Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
2508-1888 · 2466-2461
Q30.2858Korean Association for Radiation ProtectionSouth Korea16 wk
32Savād-i Salāmat
2476-4728
Q30.28313Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
33The Saudi Journal of Health Systems Research
2673-6136
Q30.2839Karger PublishersSwitzerland6 wk
34International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
2468-8827 · 2468-8835
Q30.27610Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndia15 wk
35European Journal of Mental Health
1788-7119
Q30.25814Semmelweis University Institute of Mental HealthHungary35 wk
36Journal of Evidence-Based Care
2008-2487 · 2008-370X
Q30.25416Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
37Infectious Diseases & Immunity
2096-9511 · 2693-8839
Q30.2529Wolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams WilkinsUnited States9 wk
38International Maritime Health
1641-9251 · 2081-3252
Q30.24330Via MedicaPoland20 wk
39بهداشت و ایمنی کار
2251-807X · 2383-2088
Q30.23210Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran12 wk
40African Journal of Urology
1110-5704 · 1961-9987
Q30.22820SpringerOpenUnited Kingdom9 wk
41Journal of Zoonotic Diseases
2717-2910
Q40.2246University of TabrizIran6 wk
42Медицина катастроф
2070-1004 · 2686-7966
Q40.2249Journal of State Research Center – Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center (FMBC) of Federal Medical Biological AgencyRussia4 wk
43Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
1833-3818 · 2204-3136
Q40.21413ACHSMAustralia9 wk
44Revista Española de Salud Pública
1135-5727
Q40.21445Ministerio de Sanidad y ConsumoSpain12 wk
45Payesh
1680-7626 · 2008-4536
Q40.219Iranian Institute for Health Sciences ResearchIran40 wk
46Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии
0372-9311 · 2686-7613
Q40.20916Central Research Institute for EpidemiologyRussia8 wk
47Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development
2476-6267 · 2476-7433
Q40.20815Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesIran9 wk
48MHSalud
1659-097X
Q40.2067Universidad NacionalCosta Rica54 wk
49Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика
2073-3046 · 2619-0494
Q40.20211Numikom LLCRussia8 wk
50Brazilian Journal of Biometrics
2764-5290
Q40.1967Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras)Brazil30 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Iran 13
  2. United Kingdom 6
  3. United States 6
  4. Australia 4
  5. Colombia 4
  6. Indonesia 4

Top publishers

  1. Universitas Airlangga 4
  2. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 3
  3. CSIRO Publishing 2
  4. Elsevier 2
  5. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2
  6. Sciendo 2

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 73
  2. Spanish 15
  3. Portuguese 6
  4. Russian 6
  5. Persian 5
  6. Indonesian 4

About this list

Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.

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