About this journal

Aims and scope

We are pleased to announce that Cogent Public Health has merged with  Critical Public Health beginning with Volume 34, 2024, under the leadership of a new Editor in Chief, Joe Thomas (Institute of Health & Management, Melbourne, Australia) and the Editorial Board. This signals an exciting new phase for Cogent Public Health, extending the reach and impact of authors’ work and ensuring open access to the valuable insights of this community. We welcome submissions from authors from  Cogent Public Health to join us at  Critical Public Health . The journal champions high-quality articles relevant within the field of public health, aimed at all public health researchers and those working within public health services.

Our academic editors, who are all active researchers, take an objective and constructive approach to peer review. Submissions are assessed on their scientific soundness and validity and not evaluated based on subjective assessments of importance. A host of post-publication metrics will display the ongoing impact of each individual article.

Our innovative intersections feature highlights relevant articles to audiences across adjacent fields of scientific, medical and social research to ensure maximum dissemination and impact for your work.

 To submit a manuscript to Critical Public Health please visit our dedicated online submission site

Cogent Public Health considers original articles, reviews, case studies and short communications in any of the following branches of research:

  • Adolescent Health
  • Ageing and Public Health
  • Burden of Disease
  • Commercial Determinants of Health
  • Digital Public Health
  • Disaster and Emergency Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • 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
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Services
  • Health Systems
  • Health & Human Rights
  • Infectious Diseases - Surveillance and Prevention
  • Innovations in Health
  • Law and Public Health
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • New Public Health
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Occupational Health
  • One Health
  • Planetary Health
  • Primary Care
  • Public Health Education and Promotion
  • Public Health Economics
  • Public Mental Health
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Social Health
  • Sustainable Health
  • Trade and Public Health
  • War, Violence and Public Health

What can you expect if you publish in Cogent Public Health ?

  • Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world
  • Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts
  • Fast publication on a state-of-the-art platform
  • Innovative article-level performance metrics
  • Global marketing and high production values
  • Authors retain copyright of their work

Cogent Public Health is part of the Taylor & Francis Group, which includes Informa Healthcare, Landes Bioscience, CRC Press and Garland Science.

Journal metrics

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  • 359K annual downloads/views

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Joe Thomas (Institute of Health & Management, Melbourne, Australia)

Associate Editors:

Huiqi Qu (University of Texas, USA)

Dr Mzwandile Mabhala (University of Chester, UK)

Section Editors:

Yaa Nyarko Agyeman - Maternal and Child Health (University for Development Studies, Ghana)

Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah - Health Behaviour (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)

Dorothy Bouldrick - Digital Public Health (Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA)

Mesfin Gebrehiwot (Environmental and Planetary Health, Wollo University, Ethiopia)

Joby George - Adolescent Health (University of Otago , New Zealand)

Isaiah Gitonga - Global Health (Maynooth University, Ireland)

Anant Kumar - Public Mental Health (Xavier Institute of Social Service, India)

Osaro Mgbere - Epidemiology (University of Houston, United States of America)

Andi Cudai Nur - Public Health Education (Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia)

Sylvester Okeke - Health Equity and Social Inequalities in Health (Macquarie University, Australia)

Sakina Riaz - Gender and Health (University of Karachi, Pakistan)

Muhammad Shafiq - One Health (Shantou University Medical College, China)

Editors:

Sara Abiola (Columbia University Medical Center, USA)

Galila Agam (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India)

Giuseppe Andò (University of Messina, Italy)

Chi-Chia Cheng (Fujen Catholic University, Taiwan)

Alberto Cordova (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

Richard P. Ebstein (National University of Singapore, Singapore) 

Dr Venkatarao Epari (Institute of Medical Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, India) 

Antonio Esquinas (Consorci Hospital General Universitari de València, Spain)

Gemma Yang Gao (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Eleanor Holroyd (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

(Ellis) Kam Lun Hon (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Tsai-Ching Hsu (Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan)

Cevdet Kaya (Marmara University, Turkey)

Leondios G. Kostrikis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Antonio Simone Laganà (University of Messina, Italy)

Lawrence Tak-Ming Lam (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Paolo Lanzetta (University of Udine, Italy)

Phoenix Mo (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Kerim Munir (Harvard University, USA)

Joseph Fomusi Ndisang (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Anna Nolan (New York University, USA)

Norman Pollock (Augusta University, USA)

Brigitte M. Schlegelberger (Hannover Medical School, Germany)

Gianluca Serafini (University of Genoa, Italy)

Redha Taiar (Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France)

Cogent Public Health

editorial office -  [email protected]

Abstracting and indexing

Cogent Public Health is indexed in: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Global Health, CAB Abstracts, Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA), Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), ProQuest Medical Library, CNKI Scholar, British Library, Cabell’s International, Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers, E-Lib Bremen, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), DTU Library, Ulrich’s, J-Gate Portal, Primo Central Index- Ex libris, WorldCat Discovery Services- OCLC, Google Scholar, CrossRef and Taylor & Francis Online.

Cogent OA is working with all major indexers to include Cogent Public Health as soon as possible once it becomes eligible. See here for more information.

Open access

Cogent 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?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

To publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.

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