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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Environmental Research110
2 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
3 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report85
4 Frontiers in Public Health81
5 BMC Public Health73
6 Lancet Global Health70
7 Lancet Public Health64
8 Lancet Planetary Health58
9 Environmental Health Perspectives48
10 Accident Analysis and Prevention46
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology46
12 Social Science & Medicine45
- BMJ Global Health45
14 Journal of Global Health41
15 Journal of Infection and Public Health40
- Digital Health40
17 International Journal for Equity in Health38
- BMC Womens Health38
19 American Journal of Preventive Medicine37
20 One Health36
- Patient Education and Counseling36
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health36
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance36
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific36
- European Journal of Epidemiology36
26 Environmental Health34
27 Public Health33
- Health & Place33
- International Journal of Epidemiology33
- Journal of Adolescent Health33
- American Journal of Public Health33
32 American Journal of Epidemiology32
33 Preventive Medicine31
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease31
- JMIR Serious Games31
- Annual Review of Public Health31
37 Current Pollution Reports30
- Journal of Safety Research30
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health30
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology30
41 Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control29
42 Current Environmental Health Reports28
- Health Expectations28
- Preventing Chronic Disease28
- Preventive Medicine Reports28
- Quality of Life Research28
- Journal of Hospital Infection28
48 Journal of Travel Medicine27
- Psychiatric Services27
- Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy27
51 Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health disParities26
- Reproductive Health26
- Health Promotion International26
- SSM-Population Health26
- Globalization and Health26
- AIDS and Behavior26
57 Bulletin of the World Health Organization25
- European Journal of Public Health25
- Risk Analysis25
- American Journal of Infection Control25
61 Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention24
- Palliative Medicine24
- Clinical Epidemiology24
- Conflict and Health24
- Public Health Nutrition24
- Journal of Transport & Health24
- Geohealth24
- Global Health Action24
69 Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine23
- Statistics in Medicine23
- Indoor Air23
72 Annals of Global Health22
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety22
- Journal of Epidemiology22
75 LGBT Health21
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health21
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene21
- Cancer Epidemiology21
- Epidemiology21
- Reviews on Environmental Health21
- Tobacco Control21
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology21
83 Occupational and Environmental Medicine20
- Disability and Health Journal20
- Tropical Medicine & International Health20
- Health & Social Care in the Community20
- International Journal of Health Planning and Management20
88 Journal of Physical Activity & Health19
- Tobacco Induced Diseases19
- Salud Publica de Mexico19
- Transgender Health19
- Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation19
- AIDS Patient Care and Stds19
- Journal of Public Health19
- Epidemiology and Infection19
- Journal of Religion & Health19
- Prevention Science19
- Ciencia & Saude Coletiva19
- Annals of Epidemiology19
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews19
101 Medical Care18
- Revista de Saude Publica18
- Traffic Injury Prevention18
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine18
- Journal of Womens Health18
- Games for Health Journal18
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health18
- Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz18
- Journal of Community Health18
- Psychology Health & Medicine18
- Maternal and Child Health Journal18
- Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health18
- American Journal of Mens Health18
114 Global Public Health17
- Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology17
- Journal of American College Health17
- Public Health Reports17
- Global Health-Science and Practice17
- Sociology of Health & Illness17
- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health17
- Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research17
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research17
- American Journal of Health Promotion17
- Community Mental Health Journal17
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness17
- Economics & Human Biology17
- Journal of Public Health Management and Practice17
- Safety and Health at Work17
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters17
- Translational Behavioral Medicine17
- Indoor and Built Environment17
- International Health17
133 Prehospital Emergency Care16
- Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine16
- Journal of Occupational Health Psychology16
- Epidemiology and Health16
- Journal of Rural Health16
- Neuroepidemiology16
- Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology16
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health16
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health16
- Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada-Research Policy and Practice16
- Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases16
- Womens Health Issues16
- International Journal of Health Geographics16
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine16
147 Health Promotion Journal of Australia15
- Journal of Community Psychology15
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior15
- Public Health Nursing15
- Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health15
- Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning15
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care15
- Annals of Work Exposures and Health15
- Pathogens and Global Health15
- Current Epidemiology Reports15
- Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique15
- Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology15
- Journal of School Health15
160 International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion14
- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal14
- Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare14
- Injury Epidemiology14
- Journal of Public Health Policy14
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues14
- Journal of Tropical Medicine14
- Australian Journal of Rural Health14
- HERD-Health Environments Research & Design Journal14
- International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics14
- Sexual Health14
- Injury Prevention14
- American Journal of Community Psychology14
173 Cancer Causes & Control13
- Health Systems & Reform13
- Health Education & Behavior13
- Israel Journal of Health Policy Research13
- Evolution Medicine and Public Health13
- Psychology & Health13
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene13
- Studies in Family Planning13
- Iranian Journal of Public Health13
- Journal of Environmental and Public Health13
- Journal of Radiological Protection13
184 Health Education Journal12
- European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care12
- Population Health Metrics12
- Wilderness & Environmental Medicine12
- AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/Hiv12
- Journal of Cancer Education12
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes12
- Health Education Research12
- Occupational Medicine-Oxford12
- Perspectives in Public Health12
- Critical Public Health12
195 Health Security11
- International Journal of Sexual Health11
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry11
- Gaceta Sanitaria11
- Women & Health11
- Disaster Prevention and Management11
- Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease11
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene11
- Journal of Palliative Care11
- Ethnicity & Health11
- International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health11
- Journal of Agromedicine11
- Journal of Medical Screening11
- Annals of Human Biology11
209 Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health10
- Gesundheitswesen10
- Australian Journal of Primary Health10
- Rural and Remote Health10
- Medical Anthropology Quarterly10
- Journal of Occupational Health10
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine10
- Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine10
- Global Health Promotion10
- Health Physics10
- Toxicology and Industrial Health10
- Arts & Health10
- Journal of Public Health Dentistry10
222 Health Care for Women International9
- Geospatial Health9
- Health9
- Malawi Medical Journal9
- Journal of Correctional Health Care9
- Radioprotection9
- Indian Journal of Public Health9
- Tropical Doctor9
- Family & Community Health9
- Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance9
- Journal of Nepal Medical Association9
233 Chronic Illness8
- Ethnicity & Disease8
- Families Systems & Health8
- Industrial Health8
- AJAR-African Journal of AIDS Research8
- Medycyna Pracy8
- Central European Journal of Public Health8
- Public Health Genomics8
- Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique8
- Saude e Sociedade8
- Social Work in Public Health8
- Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research8
245 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health7
- Longitudinal and Life Course Studies7
- Sante Publique7
- Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action7
- Health Risk & Society7
- Salud Colectiva7
- AIDS Education and Prevention7
252 Anthropology & Medicine6
253 Childrens Health Care5
- Journal of Mens Health5
255 Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases4
256 Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l'Environnement3
257 Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra2
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