Editor Profiles
Natalie Pafitis, Senior Editor
Back to topNatalie joined BMC after having completed an MSc in Environmental Health at the Cyprus International Institute, in Association with the Harvard School of Public Health, USA where she completed courses including global climate change, environmental epidemiology, sustainable development and exposure assessment. Prior to this, she gained her BSc in Environmental Science at the University of Indianapolis, USA. Natalie has been Editor of BMC Public Health since 2007, also having worked on several biology and medical journals since this time. She has a keen interest in the use of research evidence to underpin public health policy and to advance the Sustainable Development Agenda. She is an Editor of the BMC Series blog and an ambassador of the Sustainable Development Goals for the BMC Series journals.
Annual Journal Metrics
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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
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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