Perspectives in Public Health

Aims & Scope

Perspectives in Public Health is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal.

It is practice orientated and features current topics and opinions; news and views on current health issues; case studies; book reviews; letters to the Editor; as well as updates on the Society's work.

The journal also commissions articles for themed issues and publishes original peer-reviewed articles.

Perspectives in Public Health's primary aim is to be an invaluable resource for the Society's members, who are health-promoting professionals from many disciplines, including environmental health, health protection, health and safety, food safety and nutrition, building and engineering, primary care, academia and government.

In addition to members, Perspectives in Public Health targets practitioners and policy makers, researchers and academics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	3.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.061

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	62

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4395

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	417

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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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.

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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.

• Determinants of patient satisfaction: a systematic review

  Citation: 565

  Authors: Enkhjargal, Javkhlanbayar, Ariunbat, Matteo Mario, Pietro

• Obesogenic environments: current evidence of the built and food environments

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Tim, Amelia

• Time to abandon the hygiene hypothesis: new perspectives on allergic disease, the human microbiome, infectious disease prevention and the role of targeted hygiene

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Sally F, Graham AW, Elizabeth A, Fergus, Rosalind, Paul

• What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults

  Citation: 208

  Authors: Norma, Louise, Catherine, Guy, Alan, Annette, Lily, Jack, Giorgia, Adele, Tess, Paul, Stefano, Christina

• Exercise-, nature- and socially interactive-based initiatives improve mood and self-esteem in the clinical population

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Jo, Murray, Jules

• Sexualised drug taking among men who have sex with men: a systematic review

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Andrew, Ryan, Merav

• Climate change, health, and conflict in Africa’s arc of instability

  Citation: 181

  Authors: MS, B

• Assessment of weight status, dietary habits and beliefs, physical activity, and nutritional knowledge among university students

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Najat, Daniel, Melyssa, Rajarshi

• Associations of loneliness and social isolation with physical and mental health among adolescents and young adults

  Citation: 169

  Authors: J, P, K, SS, R, CM, M, M

• Museums and art galleries as partners for public health interventions

  Citation: 167

  Authors: Paul M, Helen J

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