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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	108
2	Environmental Research	105
3	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	101
4	Frontiers in Public Health	73
5	Lancet Global Health	71
6	BMC Public Health	63
-	Lancet Public Health	63
-	Lancet Planetary Health	63
9	BMJ Global Health	52
10	Social Science & Medicine	50
11	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
12	Accident Analysis and Prevention	47
13	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	45
14	Journal of Infection and Public Health	40
15	International Journal of Epidemiology	39
-	American Journal of Preventive Medicine	39
-	American Journal of Public Health	39
18	Journal of Adolescent Health	38
19	Preventive Medicine	36
20	SSM-Population Health	34
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	34
-	Public Health	34
24	Journal of Global Health	33
-	European Journal of Epidemiology	33
-	One Health	33
27	JMIR Public Health and Surveillance	32
-	Digital Health	32
-	Annual Review of Public Health	32
-	Patient Education and Counseling	32
31	Journal of Safety Research	31
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	31
-	American Journal of Epidemiology	31
34	International Journal for Equity in Health	30
-	Health & Place	30
-	Preventive Medicine Reports	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
-	Environmental Health	30
39	Tobacco Control	29
-	BMC Womens Health	29
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	29
-	Reproductive Health	29
-	Globalization and Health	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
45	Health Expectations	28
-	Indoor Air	28
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	28
48	Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health disParities	27
-	Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy	27
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	27

-	Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health	27
-	Bulletin of the World Health Organization	27
-	Journal of Transport & Health	27
-	AIDS and Behavior	27
-	American Journal of Infection Control	27
-	Psychiatric Services	27
57	Current Environmental Health Reports	26
-	Drug Safety	26
59	Quality of Life Research	25
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	25
-	Public Health Nutrition	25
-	Geohealth	25
-	Disability and Health Journal	25
64	Statistics in Medicine	24
-	Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention	24
-	Palliative Medicine	24
-	Current Pollution Reports	24
68	Risk Analysis	23
-	European Journal of Public Health	23
-	Cancer Epidemiology	23
-	Clinical Epidemiology	23
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	23
-	Annals of Epidemiology	23
-	Epidemiology	23
75	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	22
-	Health & Social Care in the Community	22
-	Journal of Womens Health	22
78	Journal of Community Psychology	21
-	Journal of Occupational Health Psychology	21
-	Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation	21
-	Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine	21
-	LGBT Health	21
-	Conflict and Health	21
-	Preventing Chronic Disease	21
-	Journal of Religion & Health	21
-	Prevention Science	21
-	Ciencia & Saude Coletiva	21
-	Journal of Epidemiology	21
89	Journal of American College Health	20
-	Transgender Health	20
-	Tropical Medicine & International Health	20
-	International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health	20
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	20
-	Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health	20
-	Indoor and Built Environment	20
-	Translational Behavioral Medicine	20
-	Public Health Reports	20
98	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	19
-	Journal of Physical Activity & Health	19
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	19
-	Health Promotion International	19
-	American Journal of Health Promotion	19
-	Journal of Public Health	19
-	Medical Care	19
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	19
-	Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine	19
-	International Journal of Health Planning and Management	19
-	Journal of Community Health	19
-	Maternal and Child Health Journal	19
-	Journal of Environmental and Public Health	19
-	Occupational and Environmental Medicine	19
112	Sociology of Health & Illness	18
-	Global Health-Science and Practice	18
-	American Journal of Industrial Medicine	18
-	Annals of Global Health	18
-	Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology	18
-	Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness	18
-	Psychology Health & Medicine	18
-	Revista de Saude Publica	18
-	Global Health Action	18
-	Epidemiology and Infection	18
122	Safety and Health at Work	17
-	Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research	17
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	17
-	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Neuroepidemiology	17
-	Journal of Public Health Management and Practice	17
-	Womens Health Issues	17
-	Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique	17
-	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health	17
-	Australian Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz	17
133	Scandinavian Journal of Public Health	16
-	Traffic Injury Prevention	16
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	16
-	Cadernos de Saude Publica	16
-	Occupational Medicine-Oxford	16
-	Epidemiology and Health	16
-	Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health	16
-	Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health	16
-	American Journal of Mens Health	16
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine	16
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	16
-	Journal of School Health	16
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	16
-	Cancer Causes & Control	16
-	Prehospital Emergency Care	16
-	Economics & Human Biology	16
149	Global Public Health	15
-	Salud Publica de Mexico	15
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Games for Health Journal	15
-	Psychology & Health	15
-	Tobacco Induced Diseases	15
-	Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada-Research Policy and Practice	15
-	Injury Prevention	15
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
-	International Health	15
-	American Journal of Community Psychology	15
-	Journal of Tropical Medicine	15
-	Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology	15
-	Public Health Nursing	15
164	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
-	Current Epidemiology Reports	14
-	Pathogens and Global Health	14
-	Community Mental Health Journal	14
-	International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics	14
-	Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters	14
170	Health Promotion Journal of Australia	13
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	13
-	Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning	13
-	Sexual Health	13
-	Injury Epidemiology	13
-	AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/Hiv	13

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