Public Health Reports

Aims & Scope

Public Health Reports is dedicated to publishing original research, reviews, and commentaries in the areas of public health practice and methodology, public health law, and teaching at schools and programs of public health.

The journal publishes bi-monthly on major topics in public health, such as infectious and chronic diseases, immunization, injuries and violence, substance use disorders, tobacco use, public health methodology, and issues of interest to state and local health departments and schools of public health.

Public Health Reports has departments focused on public health law, writing in public health and public health schools and education and features special commentaries by the Surgeon General and the executives within the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services.

Supplemental issues are published 2-5 imes per year, focusing on special topics.

Recent supplements have covered HIV care and prevention, syndromic surveillance, and the health of incarcerated populations.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	3.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.408

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	111

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2668

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1318

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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
• 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.

• The Social Determinants of Health: It's Time to Consider the Causes of the Causes

  Citation: 2582

  Authors: Paula, Laura

• Racial residential segregation: A fundamental cause of racial disparities in health

  Citation: 2276

  Authors: David R, Chiquita

• Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002

  Citation: 2176

  Authors: R. Monina, Jonathan R., Chesley L., Teresa C., Robert P., Daniel A., Denise M.

• Defining cultural competence: a practical framework for addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care

  Citation: 1141

  Authors: Joseph R, Alexander R, J.Emilio, Owusu

• A Review of Antibiotic Use in Food Animals: Perspective, Policy, and Potential

  Citation: 941

  Authors: Timothy F., Bevin, Thomas E., Elaine L.

• Race and trust in the health care system

  Citation: 741

  Authors: L.Ebony, Lisa A, Lloyd E, Thomas A, Neil R

• What are Health Disparities and Health Equity? We Need to Be Clear

  Citation: 625

  Authors: Paula

• The National Birth Defects Prevention Study

  Citation: 455

  Authors: PW, SA, MC, CA, M, SL, P, C, CA, PA, PH, LD

• <i>On Academics</i>: OpenEpi: A Web-Based Epidemiologic and Statistical Calculator for Public Health

  Citation: 451

  Authors: Kevin M., Andrew, Minn Minn

• A Venue-Based Method for Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations

  Citation: 432

  Authors: Farzana B., Lillian S., Ann, Robin L., Wesley L., Wayne D., Philip J.

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