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NEW: Mental health of immigrants 

Guest edited by Alvin Kuowei Tay



NEW: Mental health of adolescents

Guest edited by Karen Allison Patte
and Raziye Salari


NEW: Nutrition and aging

Guest edited by Courtney Rose Davis and Eibhlís M. O’Connor



Improving the health of incarcerated people

Guest edited by Jaimie P. Meyer,
Heino Johann Stöver and
                                  James Woodall


Editors' picks

New Content Item (1)The association between screen time exposure and myopia in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis


New Content Item (1)Risk of not being in employment, education or training (NEET) in late adolescence is signalled by school readiness measures at 4–5 years


New Content Item (1)Please read how our research contributes to the SDGs

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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:

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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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Equity in academic publishing

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.5
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.9
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.386
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.253

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 7
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 173

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 24,332,405
    Altmetric mentions: 24,308

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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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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