Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Subfield ranking · 2024
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journal rankings 2024
316 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health has 316 ranked journals in 2024. The median journal has an OJR of 0.82, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2023; Q1 starts at OJR 1.21. The top three are MMWR Surveillance Summaries, Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, and JAMA Network Open.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery980
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine364
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health316
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine289
- Infectious Diseases263
- Oncology243
- Epidemiology187
- Neurology175
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Physiology159
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism157
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine125
- Ophthalmology100
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology92
- Obstetrics and Gynecology85
- Hematology83
- Rheumatology67
- Nephrology65
- Complementary and alternative medicine59
- Reproductive Medicine52
- Pharmacology49
- Emergency Medicine42
- Geriatrics and Gerontology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Otorhinolaryngology33
- Hepatology30
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Health Informatics9
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
316 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1MMWR Surveillance SummariesOACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · United States | 29.38Q1 | 71.42 16.04 up from 2023 | 30 | 100% | — | ||
2Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health ProfessionsOAKorea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute · South Korea | 3.61Q1 | 3.97 10.33 down from 2023 | 111 | 100% | — | ||
3JAMA Network OpenOAAmerican Medical Association · United States | 3.36Q1 | 7.87 0.32 down from 2023 | 6,782 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
4Substance Abuse and RehabilitationOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 3.04Q1 | 6.93 1.49 up from 2023 | 39 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
5BMC MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.04Q1 | 9.25 0.94 up from 2023 | 1,287 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
6BMJ Global HealthOABMJ · United Kingdom | 2.73Q1 | 6.21 2.21 down from 2023 | 1,342 | 100% | $3,679 | ||
7Global Health JournalOAElsevier BV · China | 2.67Q1 | 7.15 0.56 up from 2023 | 106 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
8The Lancet Regional Health - AmericasOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 6.10 1.68 down from 2023 | 584 | 100% | $4,930 | ||
9Perspectives on Medical EducationOABohn Stafleu van Loghum · Netherlands | 2.58Q1 | 4.22 1.09 down from 2023 | 146 | 100% | — | ||
10Medical Education OnlineOATaylor & Francis · United States | 2.52Q1 | 5.21 0.44 up from 2023 | 290 | 100% | $2,189 | ||
11Research and Reports in Tropical MedicineOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 2.44Q1 | 5.38 0.39 down from 2023 | 40 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
12International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical ActivityOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 6.41 0.68 down from 2023 | 464 | 100% | $3,177 | ||
13Advances in NutritionElsevier BV · United States | 2.32Q1 | 10.36 1.61 up from 2023 | 386 | 99% | $5,200 | ||
14Science in One HealthOAElsevier BV | 2.28Q1 | 6.23 3.51 up from 2023 | 35 | 100% | $1,800 | ||
15One Health OutlookOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 5.06 0.92 down from 2023 | 59 | 100% | $1,690 | ||
16Primary Care Clinics in Office PracticeElsevier BV · United States | 2.15Q1 | 5.12 1.56 up from 2023 | 161 | 8% | $3,500 | ||
17BMC Medical EducationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 4.67 0.18 up from 2023 | 2,465 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
18The Ocular SurfaceElsevier BV · United States | 2.11Q1 | 4.91 0.04 down from 2023 | 329 | 53% | $5,330 | ||
19Annual Review of NutritionAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.10Q1 | 14.33 0.22 down from 2023 | 58 | 95% | — | ||
19Infectious Diseases of PovertyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 6.34 0.77 up from 2023 | 374 | 100% | $2,690 | ||
21Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive HealthWiley · United States | 2.10Q1 | 4.37 0.56 up from 2023 | 49 | 73% | $3,120 | ||
22BMC Medical EthicsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 4.20 0.47 down from 2023 | 413 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
23Research EthicsOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.07Q1 | 4.41 1.05 up from 2023 | 87 | 100% | $500 | ||
24Obesity ReviewsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 8.43 0.99 down from 2023 | 442 | 73% | $5,450 | ||
25Global Health Research and PolicyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.02Q1 | 5.39 0.33 down from 2023 | 148 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
26Advances in Health Sciences EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.92Q1 | 3.87 0.16 down from 2023 | 264 | 74% | $3,290 | ||
27Revista de Saúde PúblicaOAUniversity of São Paulo · Brazil | 1.84Q1 | 3.51 0.67 down from 2023 | 360 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
28Journal of ObesityOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 5.27 0.22 up from 2023 | 61 | 100% | $1,100 | ||
29One HealthOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.82Q1 | 5.41 0.38 up from 2023 | 454 | 100% | $3,080 | ||
30Current Tropical Medicine ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.80Q1 | 2.50 2.24 down from 2023 | 88 | 65% | $4,090 | ||
31Disability and health journalElsevier BV · United States | 1.79Q1 | 3.53 0.75 down from 2023 | 318 | 48% | $4,530 | ||
32Sexual and Reproductive Health MattersOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 2.77 0.58 down from 2023 | 214 | 100% | $1,895 | ||
33BMC Palliative CareOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 3.69 0.27 up from 2023 | 602 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
34Journal of Substance Abuse TreatmentElsevier BV · United States | 1.73Q1 | 4.19 0.03 up from 2023 | 428 | — | $3,340 | ||
35Journal of Exercise Science & FitnessOAElsevier BV · Hong Kong SAR China | 1.73Q1 | 4.37 0.58 up from 2023 | 136 | 100% | $1,150 | ||
36Nutrition JournalOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 4.43 0.98 down from 2023 | 234 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
37Clinics in Geriatric MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 4.15 0.10 down from 2023 | 169 | 32% | $3,250 | ||
38Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.70Q1 | 3.03 0.54 down from 2023 | 165 | 16% | $3,000 | ||
39Tropical Medicine and HealthOABioMed Central · Japan | 1.68Q1 | 4.67 0.22 up from 2023 | 259 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
40Annals of Global HealthOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 3.98 0.43 up from 2023 | 318 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
41Women s HealthOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 3.79 0.16 up from 2023 | 362 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
42Contact Lens and Anterior EyeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 3.84 0.87 down from 2023 | 266 | 39% | $3,740 | ||
43BMC Women s HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.58Q1 | 3.61 0.15 up from 2023 | 1,646 | 100% | $2,890 | ||
44European Journal of NutritionSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.57Q1 | 4.87 0.09 up from 2023 | 791 | 54% | $2,890 | ||
45Drug and Alcohol DependenceElsevier BV · Switzerland | 1.57Q1 | 3.98 0.48 down from 2023 | 1,358 | 21% | $4,380 | ||
46The Journal of Rural HealthWiley · United States | 1.56Q1 | 2.82 0.87 down from 2023 | 254 | 77% | $4,480 | ||
47Journal of Graduate Medical EducationAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education · United States | 1.56Q1 | 3.61 1.39 up from 2023 | 427 | 83% | — | ||
48Teaching and Learning in MedicineTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.55Q1 | 2.52 0.74 down from 2023 | 205 | 32% | — | ||
49Palliative MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 4.34 0.09 up from 2023 | 400 | 90% | $4,400 | ||
50PLoS neglected tropical diseasesOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 1.49Q1 | 4.02 0.29 down from 2023 | 2,449 | 100% | $2,670 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health highlighted.
- Surgery980
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine364
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health316
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine289
- Infectious Diseases263
- Oncology243
- Epidemiology187
- Neurology175
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Physiology159
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism157
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine125
- Ophthalmology100
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology92
- Obstetrics and Gynecology85
- Hematology83
- Rheumatology67
- Nephrology65
- Complementary and alternative medicine59
- Reproductive Medicine52
- Pharmacology49
- Emergency Medicine42
- Geriatrics and Gerontology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Otorhinolaryngology33
- Hepatology30
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Health Informatics9
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
81 additional Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2021–2023, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 316
- Window papers (baseline)
- 216,889 +5.5% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.82 +5.3% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 27
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 113 | 118 | 125 | 128 | 137 | 145 | 154 | 163 | 173 | 180 | 184 | 192 | 213 | 227 | 244 | 252 | 256 | 270 | 289 | 299 | 301 | 303 | 310 | 313 | 316 | 311 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 45,485 | 51,457 | 56,588 | 61,745 | 66,349 | 73,948 | 81,670 | 89,534 | 96,332 | 104,749 | 115,108 | 127,177 | 134,355 | 139,830 | 144,930 | 155,079 | 163,320 | 172,532 | 179,525 | 187,104 | 193,221 | 205,612 | 217,218 | 220,811 | 216,889 | 216,291 | |
| Median OJR | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.718 | 0.722 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.900 | 0.859 | 0.8525 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.862 | 0.897 | 0.84 | 0.874 | 0.8522 | 0.810 | 0.785 | 0.83 | 0.872 | 0.781 | 0.806 | 0.778 | 0.82 | 0.79 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.