Top 25 Public Health Journals

Source: 2008 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Science and Social Science Editions, Institute for Scientific Information,
Subject Category: Public, Environmental and Occupational Health


Journal NameImpact Factor1Public Health Knowledge Domain
Epidemiologic Reviews 12.130 Epidemiology
Environmental Health Perspectives 6.123 Environmental Health
Annual Review of Public Health 6.045 General Public Health
World Health Organization Technical Report Series 5.923 General Public Health
International Journal of Epidemiology 5.838 Epidemiology
American Journal of Epidemiology 5.454 Epidemiology
Epidemiology 5.406 Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 4.770 Chronic Diseases & Conditions ; Epidemiology
Tobacco Control 4.438 Social and Behavioral Sciences
American Journal of Public Health 4.241 General Public Health
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 3.803 Global Health ; General Public Health
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 3.766 General Public Health
Cancer Causes & Control 3.690 Chronic Diseases & Conditions ; Epidemiology
Drug Safety 3.537 Health Services Administration ; Community Health ; Environmental Health
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B: Critical Reviews 3.316 Environmental Health
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 3.302 Environmental Health ; Occupational Health
Medical Care 3.194 Health Services Administration
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 3.186 Epidemiology ; Community Health ; General Public Health
Environmental Research 3.038 Environmental Health
Journal of Adolescent Health 2.910 Maternal & Child Health
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2.896 Epidemiology
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (0195-9417) 2.834 Communicable Diseases ; Epidemiology
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health 2.802 Environmental Health ; Occupational Health
Preventive Medicine 2.757 General Public Health
Annals of Epidemiology 2.621 Epidemiology


1Impact Factor=measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year.