Hygiea Internationalis

Aims & Scope

The electronic journal Hygiea Internationalis is the official journal of the International Network for the History of Public Health.

The publication has been made possible by the generosity of the Swedish Research Council (VR) and Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS).

The focus of INHPH is to promote, in the broadest sense, the study of the history of collective efforts for the improvement of the health of populations from antiquity to modernity with particular emphasis on the interdisciplinary analysis of the interaction between ideas on public health, organizations created to carry out these ideas, their implementation, and their social and demographic consequences.

Papers submitted to Hygiea Interanationlis are subjected to a rigorous peer review process based on two moments of selection: an initial editorial screening and a double-blind review by at least two anonymous referees.

The journal itself will contain accepted articles, shorter pieces concerning sources, archives, etc. and, eventually, book reviews.

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Social Sciences, 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.

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.

• Mortality Reversal in Russia

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Vladimir M., Evgueni M., David A., Martin, France, Jacques

• International Sanitary Conferences from the Ottoman perspective (1851–1938)

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Nermin, Yuksel, Aslihan

• International Social Medicine between the Wars

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Iris

• Illegitimacy, Infant Feeding Practices and Infant Survival in Sweden 1750-1950

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Anders, Sören, John

• From Apartheid to Globalisation: Health and Social Change in South Africa

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Mickey, David

• Social Changes and Better Health Conditions of the Portuguese Population 1974-2000

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Teresa, Maria João, Ana Alexandre

• Contagion, Policy, Class, Gender, and Mid-Twentieth-Century Lancashire Working-Class Health Culture

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Lucinda M.

• The Development of Infant Mortality in Iceland, 1800-1920

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Loftur, Ólöf

• Changing Definitions of the History of Public Health

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Dorothy

• The IHO as Actor The case of cannabis and the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961

  Citation: 7

  Authors: James H.