Celebrating over 100 years, the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is dedicated to publication of original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health. The Journal also regularly publishes editorials and commentaries and serves as a forum for health policy analysis. The mission of the Journal is to publish recent evidence that is relevant for public health policy and practice. Each month, national and international public health professionals turn to AJPH for the most current, authoritative, in-depth information in the field.

The goals of both the online and the print versions of the Journal, published monthly by the American Public Health Association, are

• To publish the best scientific research in the field of public health,
• To serve as a forum for diverse viewpoints on major public health issues and policies,
• To promote diverse public health practice models,
• To increase public and professional understanding of public health problems and their solutions through delivery channels relevant to different audiences and their needs, and
• To work in concert with the 3 main priorities of the American Public Health Association, namely to develop universal coverage, eliminate health disparities, and rebuild the public health infrastructure.

AJPH, first published in 1911, is the official Journal of and published independently by the American Public Health Association, 800 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710; (202) 777-APHA(2742). APHA is a professional society founded in 1872 to represent all disciplines and specialties in public health.

The AJPH continues to be a highly influential publication. Our impact factor for 2020 is 9.308, up from 6.464 in 2019, which ranks AJPH #6 of 176 titles in the Public, Environmental and Occupational Health category in the Social Sciences Citation Index and #9 of 203 titles for the same category in the Science edition.

Articles published in 2020 garnered approximately 3 citations within the first 12 months of publication, giving AJPH an immediacy index of 3.181. In addition, AJPH articles from across our 110-year history were cited 51,398 times last year, and our H-index remained steady at 264.

The normalized eigenfactor score for the journal is 11.91507. Relative to a score of 1, articles published in 2020 were 12 times more influential than those published in other journals.

Research and Essay papers receive scrutiny by external reviewers and additional assessment by the responsible associate editor, deputy editor, and editor-in-chief. Initial screening results in rejection of the majority of manuscripts within a few days to two weeks of submission. For those papers that are selected for review, the time to first decision is about one month, and overall time from submission to acceptance, which includes revisions by the authors, is about two months.

In 2020, AJPH received 5,309 submissions. Final decisions were made on 5,254 papers in 2020, of which 621 (11.82%) were accepted for publication. The acceptance rate is 5% for research articles and analytic essays.

The online Journal is a delivery channel of special importance to those in the research, academic, student, and practice communities. It is the official version of the journal. Among key benefits for users are the cross-journal search capabilities and free hyperlinking from article references to full-text articles in other online journals.

Other features include focused searches for related articles or articles by the same author; online letters to the editor; email alerts to new published content; citation tracking and management; access to supplementary material; and a variety of help and feedback features to assist you in your searches.

Articles are available in full text, PDF, or ePub formats; can be saved in the "favorites" section of your profile page online or downloaded for offline reading; and have integrated feeds to track citations, downloads, Altmetric scores, and Dimensions scores.

Authors from around the world contribute their original unpublished research, social science analyses, scholarly essays, critical commentaries, and letters to the editor to AJPH. Department submissions include

• AJPH Perspective From the Social Sciences—public health arguments grounded in critical analysis,
• AJPH Ethics and Law—debates and analysis of public health issues,
• AJPH Practice—reports on practice-based programs and initiatives with potential to advance the public's health,
• AJPH Global News—a monthly roundup of public health research from around the world,
• AJPH History—stories from public health history still relevant today, and
• AJPH Surveillance and Survey Methods—a forum offering highlights and guidance from the world of statistics.

AJPH reviews books, but we prefer for publishers to contact us prior to sending materials for review. Please contact [email protected] if you have titles to suggest.

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For more information on AJPH supplements visit here.

Publications that index or abstract articles from AJPH include the following: Ageline, Assia (Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts), Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EMBASE, EMCare, Environmental Abstracts, e-psyche, ETOH (Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database), Excerpta Medica, Food Science and Technology, General Science Index, Grateful Med, Hospital Literature Index, Human Resources Abstracts, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA), Medline, Physical Education Index, Pollution Abstracts, Psychological Abstracts, PsycINFO, Safety Science Abstracts, Sage Family Studies Abstracts, Sage Human Resources Abstracts, Science Citation Index, SCOPUS, SIIC Data Bases, Social Work Research and Abstracts, and Statistical Reference Index (SRI)/LexisNexis.

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