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New Content ItemNEW: Transportation as a social determinant of health   

Guest Edited by David Ederer, Ipek N. Sener and Owen Waygood

New Content ItemNEW: Migration and health

Guest Edited by Florian Fischer, Shira Goldenberg and Chengchao Zhou


New Content Item (1)NEW: Parenting role in childhood obesity

Guest Edited by Mekdes Gebremariam and Jiying Ling

Epidemiology of viral hepatitis

Guest Edited by Mawuena Binka, Antony P. Black, Zahid Ahmad Butt and Jack Wallace

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New Content ItemSchool-based interventions can reduce and prevent psychotic experiences in adolescence.


New Content ItemEnergy drink consumption is associated with several negative health indicators in adolescents.


Link to articleThe experiences following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico offer important lessons regarding the potential impacts of catastrophic disasters on NCD treatment and management, and are useful for improving community and health system resilience and preparedness for future disasters.

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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

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assisting policy-makers, governments and humanitarian organizations in making research-backed decisions to advance the international well-being agenda.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact
    4.135 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
    4.545 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
    1.703 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.156 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    Speed
    67 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    79 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

    Usage 
    21,016,836 downloads (2021)
    23,901 Altmetric mentions (2021)

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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BMC Public Health

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