nino kuenzli
Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)
Zürich, Switzerland
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Mission & scope
The International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) publishes scientific articles relevant to global public health, from different countries and cultures, and produces special issues that raise awareness and understanding of public health problems and solutions. The Editorial Board's mission is to provide a thoughtful forum for contemporary issues and challenges in global public health research and practice.
Editors-in-chief
Senior Editors - Editorial Board
paolo chiodini
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Caserta, Italy
jean coulibaly
Félix Houphouët-Boigny University
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
licia iacoviello
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria
Varese, Italy
sonja merten
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Basel, Switzerland
lyda osorio
University of Valle
Cali, Colombia
salvatore panico
University of Naples Federico II
Naples, Italy
suzanne suggs
University of Italian Switzerland
Lugano, Switzerland
YRE Series Editors-in-Chief
YRE Series Editors
kira dassler
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
jonila gabrani
Swiss TPH and University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
german galileo guerra
Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
giorgia luthi-corridori
University Institute of Internal Medicine
Liestal, Switzerland
clément meier
University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
enxhi qama
Swiss Paraplegic Research
Nottwil, Switzerland
benedikt wicki
Independent Researcher
Switzerland
jessica zafra-tanaka
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Managing Editors
Editorial Assistant
Journal information
Short name
Int J Public Health
Abbreviation
ijph
Electronic ISSN
1661-8564
PMCID
All published articles receive a PMCID
Impact
2.6 Impact Factor
4.2 CiteScore
Indexed in
PubMed Central (PMC), 1Science, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, Chinese Academy of Sciences GoOA, CLOCKSS, CNKI Scholar, CrossRef, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, DeepGreen, Dimensions, DOAJ, EBSCO, EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection, EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCO CINAHL, EBSCO Health Policy Reference Center, Figshare, Google Scholar, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, Jisc, MEDLINE, MyScienceWork, Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD), OpenAIRE, ProQuest Central, ProQuest-ExLibris Primo, ProQuest-ExLibris Summon, PsycINFO, PubMed, SCImago (SJR), Scopus, Semantic Scholar, Sherpa/Romeo, Web of Science Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), WorldCat Discovery Service (OCLC)
Submission to prescreen decision: 11 days provided the manuscript is complete, fully follows the journal's format rules, and all author affiliations and emails are provided, only 1 corresponding author.
Submission to accept after review: average 160 days in 2023
Submission to reject after review: average 104 days in 2023
Time from acceptance to publication: average 28 days in 2023, all articles are published 2-3 weeks after acceptance (regular and special issue articles)
Acceptance rate (2023): 25%
Impact Factor (2023, JCR): 2.6
Impact Factor rank (2023): SSCI and SCIE
5 Year Impact Factor (2022): 3.2
Journal Citation Indicator: 0.80
JCI Rank SCIE (Public Health, Environmental & Occupational Health): 145/403, 64th percentile
JCI Rank SSCI (Public Health, Environmental & Occupational Health): 146/403, 63rd percentile
Eigenfactor Score: 0.00612
CiteScore (2023): 4.2
CiteScore Rank (2022, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health): 144/577, 75th Percentile
SciMago Journal Rank: 0.9
Total 2022 Citations: 5,443
Total 2022 Altmetric mentions: 1855
As of September 2022, total content views: 495,616, full text downloads: 132,188
Submission
International Journal of Public Health welcomes submissions of the following article types: Original Article, Review, Theory and Concept, Hints and Kinks, Commentary, Editorial, Young Researcher Editorial.
Authors should consult the author guidelines prior to submission.
Original Articles, Reviews, Theory and Concepts, and Hints and Kinks articles are peer reviewed (double blind).
Open Access Statement
The journal publishes all content open access. Article Processing Charges apply.
Open Access funder and institutional mandates: The journal is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-BY). Funder mandates such as those by the Wellcome Trust (UK), National Institutes of Health (USA) and the Australian Research Council (Australia) are fully compatible with publishing in this journal. Authors retain copyright of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. The work can be freely shared and adapted provided that appropriate credit is given, and any changes specified.
Copyright statement
Under the Conditions for Website Use and the General Conditions for Authors, authors of articles published in IJPH retain copyright on their articles, except for any third-party images which are subject to copyright of their respective owners. Authors are therefore free to disseminate and re-publish their articles, subject to any requirements of third-party copyright owners and subject to the original publication being fully cited. Visitors may also download and forward articles subject to the citation requirements and subject to any fees the publisher may charge for downloading licenses. The ability to copy, download, forward or otherwise distribute any materials is always subject to any copyright notices displayed. Copyright notices must be displayed prominently and may not be obliterated, deleted or hidden, totally or partially.
Contact
For inquiries related to the submission platform and process, the progress of peer review, and article production, please contact the Journal Operations Office. For inquiries related to APC support, special issues, or other pre-submission queries, please contact the Journal Development Office.
For all other queries please contact the IJPH Editorial Office: ijph@swisstph.ch. If you would like to feature your accepted article in the IJPH blog or social media channels, please also contact the IJPH Editorial Office.
Please note, due to the large interest, the IJPH editors cannot advise interested authors on the suitability of a manuscript before submission. In the Instructions for Authors (section 4) you can find helpful information.
IJPH Editorial Office
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Kreuzstrasse 2
CH-4123 Allschwil
Switzerland
Phone: +41 61 2848 818
Journal Operations Office
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CH – 1005 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel +41(0)21 510 17 40
Fax +41 (0)21 510 17 01
Journal Development Office
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CH – 1005 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel +41(0)21 510 17 40
Fax +41 (0)21 510 17 01
ijph.publishers.office@ssph-journal.org
IT HelpDesk
Tel +41(0)21 510 17 10
Fax +41 (0)21 510 17 01