Critical Public Health

Aims & Scope

Critical Public Health ( CPH ) is devoted to the dissemination of critically-engaged research in public health, health promotion and related fields.

It brings together international scholarship from social scientists and health researchers to provide critical analyses of theory and practice and to explore new ways of thinking about public health.

CPH encourages an interdisciplinary focus and innovative analyses.

It is committed to exploring and debating issues of equity, power, social justice and oppression in health.

The journal publishes empirical research articles, short reports and commentary articles.

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and if appropriate for further consideration, to anonymous double blind peer review by independent expert referees in the field.

Originally titled Radical Community Medicine, CPH has been in existence since 1979 to provide a dedicated forum for 'cutting edge' thinking about public health and related fields.

In 1990 the journal was renamed Critical Public Health and became a fully international scholarly journal in 1998, welcoming high quality contributions from around the world.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,615.00 EUR. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Quantifying the body: monitoring and measuring health in the age of mHealth technologies

  Citation: 469

  Authors: Deborah

• Understanding health promotion in a neoliberal climate and the making of health conscious citizens

  Citation: 361

  Authors: Nike

• Blaming the consumer – once again: the social and material contexts of everyday food waste practices in some English households

  Citation: 355

  Authors: David

• Intersectionality and the determinants of health: a Canadian perspective

  Citation: 338

  Authors: Olena, Ashlee

• Theories of practice and public health: understanding (un)healthy practices

  Citation: 332

  Authors: Stanley, Elizabeth, Chris, Michael P.

• ‘Precious cargo’: foetal subjects, risk and reproductive citizenship

  Citation: 246

  Authors: Deborah

• Neoliberalism, public health, and the moral perils of fatness

  Citation: 224

  Authors: Kathleen

• Capacity building in health promotion, Part 1: For whom? And for what purpose?

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Ronald, Glenn

• Defining, conceptualizing and characterizing racism in health research

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Yin C.

• Harm reduction as paradigm: Is better than bad good enough? The origins of harm reduction

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Gordon