raquel lucas
Epidemiology Research Unit, Public Health Institute, University Porto
Porto, Portugal
Main content
Mission & scope
Public Health Reviews (PHR) is a multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal. It is dedicated to foster knowledge synthesis and translation in public health, in order to inform public health science, practice, policy and education, and improve public health. PHR publishes high quality Reviews of all formats, and Policy Briefs. Special issues address compelling challenges and future directions in all areas of public health. The scope of the journal ranges from the local to the global scale. The journal editorial policy adheres to the United Nations universal values, including the Human Rights-Based Approach conceptual framework.
Editors-in-chief
Managing Editors
Editorial Assistant
Senior Editors - Editorial Board
Journal information
Short name
Public Health Rev
Abbreviation
phrs
Electronic ISSN
2107-6952
PMCID
All published articles receive a PMCID
Impact
3.5 Impact Factor
8.3 CiteScore
Indexed in
1Science, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), Chinese Academy of Sciences GoOA, CLOCKSS, CNKI Scholar, CrossRef, DeepGreen, Dimensions, DOAJ, EBSCO, Embase, Figshare, Google Scholar, Jisc, MyScienceWork, Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD), OpenAIRE, PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, Semantic Scholar, Sherpa/Romeo, Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Submission to prescreen decision:13 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 220 days in 2023
Submission to reject after review: average 139 days in 2023
Time from acceptance to publication: 22 days
Acceptance rate (2023): 33%
Impact Factor (2023, JCR): 3.5
Impact Factor rank (2023): SSCI and SCIE
5 Year Impact Factor (2023): 6.6
Journal Citation Indicator: 0.68
JIF Rank (Public Health, Environmental & Occupational Health): 84/403, 79th percentile
JCI Rank (Public Health, Environmental & Occupational Health): 160/403, 60th percentile
Eigenfactor Score: 0.00215
CiteScore (2023): 8.3
CiteScore Rank (2022, Community and Home Care): 1/40, 98th Percentile
CiteScore Rank (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health): 60/665, 91st Percentile
SciMago Journal Rank:1.71
Total 2021 Citations: 1471
Total 2021 Altmetric mentions: 563
As of September 2022, total content views:142,092, full text downloads: 28,686
Submission
Public Health Reviews welcomes submissions of the following article types: Systematic Review, Review, Mini Review, Policy Brief, Commentary, Editorial.
Authors should consult the author guidelines prior to submission.
Original Articles, Reviews 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 PHR 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 Publisher’s Office: phr@ssph-journal.org
For all other queries please contact the PHR Editorial Office: phr@swisstph.ch.
Please note, due to the large interest, the PHR editors cannot advise interested authors on the suitability of a manuscript before submission. In the Author Guidelines you can find helpful information.
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