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Open for Submissions
Childhood stunting
Guest Editors:
Kirk A. Dearden: Corus International, USA - MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, USA
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Submission Status: Open until [date]
Housing as a determinant of health and well-being
Guest Editors:
Lara Carson Weinstein: Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Roshanak Mehdipanah: University of Michigan, USA
Submission Status: Open until 1 March 2024
Suicide prevention
Guest Editors:
Jason Bantjes: University of Cape Town, South Africa
Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie: University of Ghana, Ghana
Submission Status: Open until 22 February 2024
Sedentary behavior and disease risk
Guest Editors:
Marieke De Craemer: Ghent University, Belgium
Joseph Henson: University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Tom Yates: University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Submission Status: Open until 5 February 2024
Transportation as a social determinant of health
Guest Editors:
David Ederer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Ipek N. Sener: Texas A&M Transportation Institute, United States
Owen Waygood: Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Submission status: Open until 17 December 2023
Migration and health
Guest Editors:
Florian Fischer: Institute of Public Health, Charité / Bavarian Research Center for Digital Health and Social Care, Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Shira Goldenberg: School of Public Health, San Diego State University, USA
Chengchao Zhou: School of Public Health, Shandong University, China
Submission status: Open until 13 December 2023
Parenting role in childhood obesity
Guest Editors:
Mekdes Gebremariam: Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, University of Oslo, Norway
Jiying Ling: Michigan State University College of Nursing, USA
Submission status: Open until 3 December 2023
Epidemiology of viral hepatitis
Guest Editors:
Mawuena Binka: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Canada
Antony P. Black: Institut Pasteur du Laos, Laos
Zahid Ahmad Butt: School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada
Jack Wallace: Burnet Institute, Australia
Submission status: Open until 14 November 2023
Loneliness and social isolation
Guest Editors:
Feifei Bu: University College London, UK
Thomas K.M. Cudjoe: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Michelle H. Lim: School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Harry Owen Taylor: University of Toronto, Canada
Submission status: Open until 31 October 2023
Racism as a public health crisis
Guest Editors:
Helen-Maria Lekas: Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and NYU School of Medicine, USA
Daniel López-Cevallos: University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Ash Routen: University of Leicester, UK
Submission status: Open until 15 December 2023
Natural hazards and disaster preparedness
Guest Editors:
Krzysztof Goniewicz: Polish Air Force Academy, Poland
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker: Neijiang Normal University, China
Monica Schoch-Spana: Johns Hopkins University, USA
Submission status: Open until 30 June 2023
Published
Climate impacts on health
BMC Public Health is accepting submissions on the health implications of climate change. Guest Edited by Dr Meghnath Dhimal (Nepal Health Research Council), Dr Ramesh Dhiman (ICMR, India) and Dr Shengzhi Sun (Boston University).
Submission status: Collection closed
Misinformation and health
Launched on World Health Day 2022, this cross-journal collection aims to bring together research on the spread of false or misleading health information and the implications of this for human health and public policy.
Submission status: Collection closed
COVID-19 pandemic and intimate partner violence
BMC Public Health is accepting submissions on intimate partner violence in times of COVID-19. Guest Edited by Dr Jhumka Gupta (George Mason University), Dr Lindsay Stark (Washington University in St. Louis), Dr Tiara Willie (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health) and Dr Paul Bukuluki (Makerere University).
Submission status: Collection closed
Food security and food systems
BMC Public Health is calling for submissions which contribute to our understanding towards achieving the provision of access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to all people.
Guest Edited by Prof Sheryl Hendriks (University of Pretoria), Dr Hirotsugu Aiga (Nagasaki University) and Dr Tarra Penney (York University).
Submission status: Collection closed
Air Pollution and Health
BMC Public Health is now accepting submissions to its collection which aims to bring together research on the health impacts of household and ambient air pollution and attributed deaths.
Guest edited by Dr Hualiang Lin (Sun Yat-Sen University), Dr Om Kurmi (Coventry University) and Dr Bing Fang-Hwang (China Medical University).
Submission status: Collection closed
Contribution of climate change to the spread of infectious diseases
This cross-journal collection brings together in one place articles outlining diseases (and their vectors) that are likely to spread or are already spreading across borders due to the effects of climate change.
Submission status: Collection closed
LGBTQ+ Health
BMC Public Health welcomes research into how inclusive public health programs can tackle LGBTQ+ health inequalities and address health issues seen in this population. Guest Edited by Dr Monica Malta (University of Toronto) and Dr Wangnan Cao (Brown University).
Submission status: Collection closed
Developments in global tobacco and alcohol policy
This cross-journal collection aims to bring together a selection of the latest research and developments surrounding global alcohol and tobacco policy, from a variety of different viewpoints.
Submission status: Collection closed
Cross journal collection: Environmental justice and policy research
This cross-journal collection includes papers from a broad range of subject areas that shed light on the contribution that evidence-based research can give to develop better practices and policies towards stronger environmental justice.
Submission status: Collection published
Cross journal collection: Lessons from the field: Confronting the challenges of health research in humanitarian crises
A collection of articles published across Conflict and Health and BMC Public Health commissioned by the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health features analyses of the experiences of teams conducting research in the context of different humanitarian crises.
Collection published
Cross journal featured collection: SARS and COVID-19
Find a selection of articles published across Springer Nature, as well as additional commentary and books relevant to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.
2019
Cross journal featured collection
Cross journal series
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Secure the Future
Collection published: January 2019
2017
Thematic series
Applications of big data in occupational and environmental health
Collection published: June 2018
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Citation Impact
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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)
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23,901 Altmetric mentions (2021)
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