Public, Environmental & Occupational Health: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Environmental Research	109
2	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	100
3	MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	86
4	Frontiers in Public Health	80
5	Lancet Global Health	72
6	BMC Public Health	70
7	Lancet Public Health	65
8	Lancet Planetary Health	59
9	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	49
11	BMJ Global Health	45
12	Social Science & Medicine	44
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	44
14	Journal of Global Health	39
-	Journal of Infection and Public Health	39
-	Digital Health	39
17	International Journal for Equity in Health	38
18	Patient Education and Counseling	37
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	37
20	JMIR Public Health and Surveillance	36
-	BMC Womens Health	36
-	American Journal of Preventive Medicine	36
-	One Health	36
-	American Journal of Public Health	36
25	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	35
-	European Journal of Epidemiology	35
27	International Journal of Epidemiology	34
-	Public Health	34
29	Journal of Safety Research	32
-	Health & Place	32
-	Journal of Adolescent Health	32
-	Preventive Medicine	32
-	Environmental Health	32
34	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	31
35	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	30
-	American Journal of Epidemiology	30
-	Annual Review of Public Health	30
-	Current Pollution Reports	30
39	Health Expectations	29
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	29
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
43	Globalization and Health	28
-	Current Environmental Health Reports	28
-	Preventing Chronic Disease	28
-	Preventive Medicine Reports	28
47	Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy	27
-	Psychiatric Services	27
-	SSM-Population Health	27
-	Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention	27

-	Drug Safety	27
52	Reproductive Health	26
-	Health Promotion International	26
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
-	Bulletin of the World Health Organization	26
-	Quality of Life Research	26
-	AIDS and Behavior	26
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	26
59	Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health disParities	25
-	Risk Analysis	25
-	Statistics in Medicine	25
-	Journal of Transport & Health	25
63	European Journal of Public Health	24
-	Indoor Air	24
-	Palliative Medicine	24
-	Public Health Nutrition	24
-	Geohealth	24
-	American Journal of Infection Control	24
69	Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health	23
-	LGBT Health	23
-	Clinical Epidemiology	23
-	Conflict and Health	23
-	Epidemiology	23
-	Global Health Action	23
-	Journal of Epidemiology	23
76	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	22
-	Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine	22
-	Cancer Epidemiology	22
-	Health & Social Care in the Community	22
80	Annals of Global Health	21
-	Tobacco Control	21
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	21
-	Annals of Epidemiology	21
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	21
85	Transgender Health	20
-	International Journal of Health Planning and Management	20
-	Prevention Science	20
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	20
-	Disability and Health Journal	20
90	Journal of Physical Activity & Health	19
-	Salud Publica de Mexico	19
-	Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation	19
-	Tropical Medicine & International Health	19
-	Occupational and Environmental Medicine	19
-	Games for Health Journal	19
-	Journal of Religion & Health	19
-	Epidemiology and Infection	19
-	Safety and Health at Work	19
-	Ciencia & Saude Coletiva	19
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
101	Journal of Occupational Health Psychology	18
-	Public Health Reports	18
-	Tobacco Induced Diseases	18
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	18
-	Community Mental Health Journal	18
-	American Journal of Industrial Medicine	18
-	Journal of Public Health	18
-	Medical Care	18
-	Journal of Community Health	18
-	Maternal and Child Health Journal	18
-	Indoor and Built Environment	18
-	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health	18
-	Journal of Womens Health	18
114	Global Public Health	17
-	Sociology of Health & Illness	17
-	Revista de Saude Publica	17
-	Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health	17
-	Traffic Injury Prevention	17
-	Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research	17
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	17
-	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Prehospital Emergency Care	17
-	Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness	17
-	Journal of Public Health Management and Practice	17
-	Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health	17
-	Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters	17
-	Translational Behavioral Medicine	17
-	International Health	17
-	American Journal of Mens Health	17
-	Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz	17
-	Psychology Health & Medicine	17
132	Journal of American College Health	16
-	Journal of Community Psychology	16
-	Epidemiology and Health	16
-	Global Health-Science and Practice	16
-	International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health	16
-	American Journal of Health Promotion	16
-	Current Epidemiology Reports	16
-	Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine	16
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	16
-	International Journal of Health Geographics	16
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine	16
-	Neuroepidemiology	16
-	Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology	16
-	Economics & Human Biology	16
146	International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion	15
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	15
-	Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Annals of Work Exposures and Health	15
-	Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health	15
-	Womens Health Issues	15
-	Scandinavian Journal of Public Health	15
-	Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada-Research Policy and Practice	15
-	American Journal of Community Psychology	15
-	Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique	15
-	Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology	15
-	Journal of School Health	15
-	Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology	15
-	Pathogens and Global Health	15
161	Health Promotion Journal of Australia	14
-	Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning	14
-	Public Health Nursing	14
-	Injury Epidemiology	14
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
-	Cadernos de Saude Publica	14
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	14
-	International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics	14
-	Studies in Family Planning	14
-	Sexual Health	14
-	Injury Prevention	14
-	Journal of Tropical Medicine	14
-	Australian Journal of Rural Health	14
174	Health Education Journal	13
-	Journal of Cancer Education	13

-	Journal of Public Health Policy	13
-	Health Education & Behavior	13
-	HERD-Health Environments Research & Design Journal	13
-	Psychology & Health	13
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	13
-	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	13
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	13
-	Cancer Causes & Control	13
184	Health Systems & Reform	12
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	12
-	Population Health Metrics	12
-	European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care	12
-	Wilderness & Environmental Medicine	12
-	AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/Hiv	12
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	12
-	Health Education Research	12
-	Israel Journal of Health Policy Research	12
-	Perspectives in Public Health	12
-	Iranian Journal of Public Health	12
-	Critical Public Health	12
-	Journal of Environmental and Public Health	12
197	Health Security	11
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	11
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11
-	Disaster Prevention and Management	11
-	Global Health Promotion	11
-	Journal of Palliative Care	11
-	Ethnicity & Health	11
-	Toxicology and Industrial Health	11
-	Journal of Agromedicine	11
-	Journal of Medical Screening	11
-	Annals of Human Biology	11
-	Occupational Medicine-Oxford	11
209	Gesundheitswesen	10
-	Medical Anthropology Quarterly	10
-	Women & Health	10
-	Rural and Remote Health	10
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	10
-	Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease	10
-	Journal of Occupational Health	10
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	10
-	Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health	10
-	Health Physics	10
-	International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health	10
-	Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine	10
221	Family & Community Health	9
-	Families Systems & Health	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	9
-	Central European Journal of Public Health	9
-	Journal of Correctional Health Care	9
-	Radioprotection	9
-	Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique	9
-	Tropical Doctor	9
-	Arts & Health	9
-	Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance	9
-	Journal of Nepal Medical Association	9
-	Journal of Public Health Dentistry	9
234	Health Care for Women International	8
-	Ethnicity & Disease	8
-	Industrial Health	8
-	AJAR-African Journal of AIDS Research	8
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	8
-	Health	8
-	Saude e Sociedade	8
-	Social Work in Public Health	8
-	Indian Journal of Public Health	8
-	AIDS Education and Prevention	8
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	8
-	Malawi Medical Journal	8
-	Medycyna Pracy	8
-	Chronic Illness	8
-	Public Health Genomics	8
249	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	7
-	Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action	7
-	Health Risk & Society	7
252	Sante Publique	6
-	Anthropology & Medicine	6
-	Salud Colectiva	6
255	Childrens Health Care	5
-	Journal of Mens Health	5
257	Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases	3
-	Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l'Environnement	3
259	Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra	1