Top 25 Public Health Journals

Source: 2010 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
Annual Review of Public Health 8.609 General Public Health
Epidemiologic Reviews 8.238 Epidemiology
Environmental Health Perspectives 6.087 Environmental Health
Epidemiology 5.866 Epidemiology
International Journal of Epidemiology 5.759 Epidemiology
American Journal of Epidemiology 5.745 Epidemiology
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 5.459 Global Health ; General Public Health
European Journal of Epidemiology 4.535 Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 4.190 Chronic Diseases & Conditions ; Epidemiology
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 4.110 General Public Health
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B: Critical Reviews 4.041 Environmental Health
Genetic Epidemiology 3.988 Chronic Diseases & Conditions ; Epidemiology
American Journal of Public Health 3.850 General Public Health
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 3.753 Epidemiology
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 3.751 Communicable Diseases ; Epidemiology
Drug Safety 3.599 Health Services Administration ; Community Health ; Environmental Health
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health 3.540 Environmental Health ; Occupational Health
Environmental Research 3.500 Environmental Health
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 3.494 Environmental Health ; Occupational Health
Preventive Medicine 3.299 General Public Health
Annals of Epidemiology 3.238 Epidemiology
Medical Care 3.183 Health Services Administration
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 3.132 Environmental Health ; Epidemiology
Journal of Adolescent Health 3.116 Maternal & Child Health
Tobacco Control 3.077 Social and Behavioral Sciences


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