New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Environmental Research111
2 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
3 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report86
4 Frontiers in Public Health82
5 BMC Public Health75
6 Lancet Global Health71
7 Lancet Public Health66
8 Lancet Planetary Health57
9 Accident Analysis and Prevention51
10 Environmental Health Perspectives49
11 BMJ Global Health47
12 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology46
- Social Science & Medicine46
14 Digital Health42
15 Journal of Global Health41
16 International Journal for Equity in Health39
- BMC Womens Health39
- Journal of Infection and Public Health39
19 One Health37
20 Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific36
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health36
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine36
23 European Journal of Epidemiology35
- Public Health35
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance35
26 Environmental Health34
27 American Journal of Public Health33
- Annual Review of Public Health33
- Journal of Adolescent Health33
30 American Journal of Epidemiology32
- Preventive Medicine32
- Health & Place32
- International Journal of Epidemiology32
- Patient Education and Counseling32
35 Current Pollution Reports31
- Journal of Safety Research31
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease31
38 JMIR Serious Games30
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology30
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control30
41 Preventing Chronic Disease29
- Preventive Medicine Reports29
- Journal of Hospital Infection29
- Health Expectations29
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health29
46 Quality of Life Research28
47 Drug Safety27
- Current Environmental Health Reports27
- Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy27
- Psychiatric Services27
51 SSM-Population Health26
- AIDS and Behavior26
- Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health disParities26
- Reproductive Health26
- European Journal of Public Health26
- Health Promotion International26
- Journal of Travel Medicine26
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization26
59 Public Health Nutrition25
- Geohealth25
- Globalization and Health25
- American Journal of Infection Control25
- Risk Analysis25
- Journal of Transport & Health25
65 Epidemiology24
- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention24
- Clinical Epidemiology24
- Conflict and Health24
- Palliative Medicine24
70 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety23
- Global Health Action23
- Statistics in Medicine23
- Indoor Air23
- Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine23
75 Tobacco Control22
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health22
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene22
- Annals of Global Health22
- Cancer Epidemiology22
80 Reviews on Environmental Health21
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology21
- Journal of Epidemiology21
- Annals of Epidemiology21
84 Epidemiology and Infection20
- Ciencia & Saude Coletiva20
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews20
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine20
- Health & Social Care in the Community20
- International Journal of Health Planning and Management20
- Journal of Religion & Health20
91 Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz19
- Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology19
- Salud Publica de Mexico19
- Sociology of Health & Illness19
- Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation19
- Journal of Physical Activity & Health19
- Revista de Saude Publica19
- Tobacco Induced Diseases19
- Transgender Health19
- Tropical Medicine & International Health19
- AIDS Patient Care and Stds19
- Journal of Public Health19
- LGBT Health19
- Prevention Science19
- Games for Health Journal19
106 Disability and Health Journal18
- Psychology Health & Medicine18
- Safety and Health at Work18
- International Health18
- American Journal of Mens Health18
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health18
- Journal of Womens Health18
- Traffic Injury Prevention18
- Medical Care18
- Journal of Community Health18
- Maternal and Child Health Journal18
117 Economics & Human Biology17
- Translational Behavioral Medicine17
- Indoor and Built Environment17
- International Journal of Health Geographics17
- Global Public Health17
- Journal of American College Health17
- Journal of Occupational Health Psychology17
- Prehospital Emergency Care17
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness17
- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health17
- Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research17
- American Journal of Health Promotion17
- Community Mental Health Journal17
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine17
- Journal of Rural Health17
- Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health17
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters17
- Journal of Public Health Management and Practice17
135 Scandinavian Journal of Public Health16
- Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada-Research Policy and Practice16
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine16
- Journal of School Health16
- Neuroepidemiology16
- Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine16
- Public Health Reports16
- Epidemiology and Health16
- Global Health-Science and Practice16
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research16
- Womens Health Issues16
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health16
147 Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases15
- American Journal of Community Psychology15
- Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique15
- Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology15
- Journal of Tropical Medicine15
- Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology15
- Pathogens and Global Health15
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia15
- Journal of Community Psychology15
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior15
- Public Health Nursing15
- Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health15
- Injury Epidemiology15
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care15
- Annals of Work Exposures and Health15
- Cadernos de Saude Publica15
- HERD-Health Environments Research & Design Journal15
164 Injury Prevention14
- Australian Journal of Rural Health14
- Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning14
- Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare14
- International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion14
- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal14
- Journal of Public Health Policy14
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues14
- Current Epidemiology Reports14
- International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics14
174 Evolution Medicine and Public Health13
- Sexual Health13
- Iranian Journal of Public Health13
- Journal of Environmental and Public Health13
- Journal of Radiological Protection13
- Cancer Causes & Control13
- Health Education Journal13
- Health Systems & Reform13
- Journal of Cancer Education13
- Psychology & Health13
- Studies in Family Planning13
- Health Education & Behavior13
- Israel Journal of Health Policy Research13
187 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene12
- Journal of Agromedicine12
- Critical Public Health12
- Occupational Medicine-Oxford12
- Population Health Metrics12
- International Journal of Sexual Health12
- European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care12
- Wilderness & Environmental Medicine12
- AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/Hiv12
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes12
- Health Education Research12
- Journal of Palliative Care12
199 Ethnicity & Health11
- Health Physics11
- International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health11
- Journal of Medical Screening11
- Annals of Human Biology11
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry11
- Gaceta Sanitaria11
- Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease11
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene11
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine11
- Perspectives in Public Health11
- Disaster Prevention and Management11
- Global Health Promotion11
212 Toxicology and Industrial Health10
- Arts & Health10
- Journal of Public Health Dentistry10
- Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine10
- Women & Health10
- Family & Community Health10
- Gesundheitswesen10
- Health Security10
- Rural and Remote Health10
- Journal of Occupational Health10
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health10
- Australian Journal of Primary Health10
224 Radioprotection9
- Indian Journal of Public Health9
- Tropical Doctor9
- Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance9
- Journal of Nepal Medical Association9
- Medical Anthropology Quarterly9
- Health Care for Women International9
- Geospatial Health9
- Health9
- Journal of Correctional Health Care9
234 Public Health Genomics8
- Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique8
- Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research8
- Malawi Medical Journal8
- Medycyna Pracy8
- Chronic Illness8
- Ethnicity & Disease8
- Families Systems & Health8
- Industrial Health8
- AJAR-African Journal of AIDS Research8
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health8
- Central European Journal of Public Health8
- Saude e Sociedade8
- Social Work in Public Health8
248 AIDS Education and Prevention7
- Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action7
- Longitudinal and Life Course Studies7
- Sante Publique7
- Salud Colectiva7
- Health Risk & Society7
254 Anthropology & Medicine6
- Childrens Health Care6
- Journal of Mens Health6
257 Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases4
258 Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l'Environnement3
259 Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra2
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