American Journal of Public Health

American Journal of Public Health

Discipline	Public health
Language	English
Edited by	Denys T. Lau
Publication details
History	1911–present
Publisher	American Public Health Association  (United States)
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Delayed, after 10 years
Impact factor	12.7 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Am. J. Public Health
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	AJHEAA
ISSN	0090-0036  (print) 1541-0048  (web)
LCCN	86655185
OCLC  no.	228148667
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The American Journal of Public Health is a monthly peer-reviewed public health journal that is independently published by the American Public Health Association. The Journal covers health policy and public health. The journal was established in 1911 and its stated mission is "to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education." ^[1] The journal occasionally publishes themed supplements. The current Editor-In-Chief is Denys T. Lau.

Reception

The journal was voted one of the 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine over the last 100 years by the Special Libraries Association. ^[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2025 impact factor of 9.6. ^[3]

Editors-In-Chief

Former Editors-In-Chief include:

• Alfredo Morabia (2015-2025),
• Mary Northridge (1998-2015),
• Mervyn Susser (1992–1998),
• Michel Ibrahim (1990 – 1991),
• Alfred Yankauer (1975 – 1990),
• George Rosen (1957–1973),
• Abel Wolman (1954 – 1957),
• Charles-Edward A. Winslow (1944 – 1954),
• Harry Mustard (1941 – 1944),
• Mazÿck Ravenel (1924 – 1940),
• Arthur Hedrich (1917 – 1922),
• Selskar Gunn (1914 – 1916),
• Livingston Farrand (1912–1913), and
• Burt Rickards (1911–1911). ^[4]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Biological Abstracts ^[5]
• BIOSIS Previews ^[6]
• Chemical Abstracts Service ^[7]
• CINAHL ^[8]
• Current Contents/Clinical Medicine ^[6]
• Current Contents/Life Sciences ^[6]
• Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences ^[6]
• Embase/Excerpta Medica ^[9]
• Food Science and Technology Abstracts
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed ^[10]
• Psychological Abstracts/PsycINFO ^[11]
• Science Citation Index ^[6]
• Scopus ^[12]
• Social Sciences Citation Index ^[6]

See also

• Progress in Community Health Partnerships

References

1. Morabia, Alfredo (2017). "AJPH's First Year". American Journal of Public Health. 107 (1). American Public Health Association: 6. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303560. PMC   5308194 . PMID   27925829.
2. "Top 100 Journals in Biology and Medicine". Special Libraries Association. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.
3. "American Journal of Public Health". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019.
4. "Masthead: American Journal of Public Health". American Public Health Association. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
5. "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
6. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
7. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service . American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
8. "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL . EBSCO Information Services . Retrieved 2017-01-31.
9. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier . Retrieved 2017-01-31.
10. "American Journal of Public Health". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2017-01-31.
11. "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association . Retrieved 2017-01-31.
12. "Source details: American Journal of Public Health". Scopus preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2017-01-31.

External links

• Official website