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Aims and scope

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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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
    13 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    45 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

    Usage 
    23,167,683 downloads (2022)
    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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