Critical Public Health , also known as CPH, is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed open access journal on public health.
The Journal publishes the latest research in the aspects, research, implementation, and management of public health, health promotion, sociology, political economy of health, and related fields. Open Access from 2024, CPH brings together international scholarship from health researchers, social scientists, and those working within health services.
CPH considers original articles, empirical research articles, short reports, reviews, case studies, short communications, and commentary articles on the following topics. All perspectives, including those with a critical view, are welcome.
Adolescent Health
Ageing and Public Health
Anthropology and Planetary Health
Commercial Determinants of Health
Digital Public Health
Disaster and Emergency Health
Environmental Health
Equity, Power, Social Justice, and Oppression in Health
Ethics & Governance
Gender and Health
Global Health
Health and Human Rights
Health Behaviour
Health Communication
Health Diplomacy
Health Equity and Social Inequalities in Health
Health Policy and Promotion
Health Systems and Services
Infectious Diseases - Surveillance and Prevention
Innovations in Health
Law and Public Health
Occupational Health
One Health
Primary Care
Public Health Education and Economics
Public Mental Health
Sustainable Health
What can you expect if you publish in CPH?
Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts
Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world
Please note that Critical Public Health converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 34 (2024). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model. From 2024 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
Journal metrics
Usage
237K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.1 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
5.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.224 (2023) SNIP
0.942 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
31 days avg. from submission to first
decision
55 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
29 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
12% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Joe Thomas (Institute of Health & Management, Melbourne, Australia)
Editorial Board:
Alberto Cordova (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
Anant Kumar - Public Mental Health (Xavier Institute of Social Service, India)
Andi Cudai Nur - Public Health Education (Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia)
Carmel Bouclaous (Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Lebanon)
Isaiah Gitonga - Global Health (Maynooth University, Ireland)
Joby George - Adolescent Health (University of Otago , New Zealand)
Joseph Fomuis Ndisang (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Joseph Kimuli Balikuddembe (Institute of Disaster Management and Reconstruction, China)
Kerim Munir (Harvard University, USA)
Leondios G. Kostrikis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Manuel Colomé-Hidalgo - Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, North America
Mesfin Gebrehiwot (Environmental and Planetary Health, Wollo University, Ethiopia)
Oliver W. J. Beer (School of Health Professionals, University of Plymouth, UK)
Redha Taiar (Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France)
Sakina Riaz - Gender and Health (University of Karachi, Pakistan)
Shazia Sajjad – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah - Health Behaviour (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)
Sylvester Okeke - Health Equity and Social Inequalities in Health (Macquarie University, Australia)
Yaa Nyarko Agyeman - Maternal and Child Health (University for Development Studies, Ghana)
Updated 23-05-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Critical Public Health is abstracted and indexed in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Current Contents/Social and Behavioural Sciences, CommunityWISE, Community Care, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), EMBASE, Family Studies Database, Gay and Lesbian Abstracts (Sexual Diversity Studies), Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS), National Information Services Corporation (NISC), Occupational Safety and Health Database (OSH-DB), PsycINFO, Scopus, Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts and Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts.
Open access
Critical Public Health is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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