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NEW: Artificial intelligence and public health

Guest Edited by Rebecca Charow and
Lena Petersson

NEW: Barriers and facilitators to cancer screening 

Guest Edited by Ambreen Sayani 

NEW: Occupational cancer

Guest Edited by Renee Carey and Alessandro Godono


Gender equality in education

Guest Edited by Salvador Baena-Morales



Editors' picks

 
New Content Item (2)‘I tried to take my phone off my daughter, and i got hit in the face’: a qualitative study of parents’ challenges with adolescents’ screen use and a toolbox of their tips

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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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BMC Public Health supports:

The UN Sustainable Development Goals

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

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    4.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
    4.7 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.661 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.307 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    32 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    173 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    24,332,405 downloads
    24,308 Altmetric mentions 

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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