Top 25 Public Health Journals

Source: 2007 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 8.978 General Public Health
Environmental Health Perspectives 5.636 Environmental Health
Epidemiologic Reviews 5.429 Epidemiology
American Journal of Epidemiology 5.285 Epidemiology
Epidemiology 5.283 Epidemiology
World Health Organization Technical Report Series 5.273 General Public Health
International Journal of Epidemiology 5.151 Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 4.642 Chronic Diseases & Conditions ; Epidemiology
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 4.019 Global Health ; General Public Health
American Journal of Public Health 3.612 General Public Health
Medical Care 3.554 Health Services Administration
Drug Safety 3.536 Health Services Administration ; Community Health ; Environmental Health
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 3.489 General Public Health
Genetic Epidemiology 3.338 Chronic Diseases & Conditions ; Epidemiology
Cancer Causes & Control 3.279 Chronic Diseases & Conditions ; Epidemiology
Tobacco Control 3.277 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (0195-9417) 2.989 Communicable Diseases ; Epidemiology
Environmental Research 2.962 Environmental Health
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2.956 Epidemiology ; Community Health ; General Public Health
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2.880 Environmental Health ; Epidemiology
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2.817 Environmental Health ; Occupational Health
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2.565 Epidemiology
Quality of Life Research 2.466 General Public Health ; Epidemiology
Tropical Medicine & International Health 2.466 Global Health
Journal of Adolescent Health 2.387 Maternal & Child Health


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