Public Health

Aims & Scope

Public Health is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal.

It publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health.

It is aimed at all public health practitioners and researchers and those who manage and deliver public health services and systems.

It will also be of interest to anyone involved in provision of public health programmes, the care of populations or communities and those who contribute to public health systems in any way.

Published twelve times a year, Public Health considers submissions on any aspect of public health across age groups and settings.

These include: • Public health practice and impact • Applied Epidemiology • Need or impact assessments • Health service effectiveness, management and re-design • Health Protection including control of communicable diseases • Health promotion and disease prevention • Evaluation of public health programmes or interventions • Public health governance, audit and quality • Public health law and ethics • Public health policy and comparisons • Capacity in public health systems and workforce.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.2
2024	3.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.224

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	102

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3435

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3501

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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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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.

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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.

• An overview of systematic reviews on the public health consequences of social isolation and loneliness

  Citation: 1643

  Authors: N., D., K., V., S., N., W.

• Vaccine hesitancy in the era of COVID-19

  Citation: 1011

  Authors: G., A.

• Exposing some important barriers to health care access in the rural USA

  Citation: 907

  Authors: N., S., T., S.

• Why is changing health-related behaviour so difficult?

  Citation: 774

  Authors: Michael P., Mary

• The effect of season and weather on physical activity: A systematic review

  Citation: 720

  Authors: P., J.

• Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public health

  Citation: 703

  Authors: A., R.S., D., C.

• Poverty, inequality and COVID-19: the forgotten vulnerable

  Citation: 667

  Authors: J.A., F.B.H., A.A., S., V.A., B., R., H.

• Fair society, healthy lives

  Citation: 663

  Authors: M., R.

• Increases in morbid obesity in the USA: 2000–2005

  Citation: 537

  Authors: R.

• Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 532

  Authors: F., A., D.

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