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About the Journal

The European Journal of Public Health is a multidisciplinary journal in the field of public health, publishing contributions from social medicine, epidemiology, health services research, management, ethics and law, health economics, social sciences and environmental health.


The journal provides a forum for discussion and debate of current international public health issues with a focus on the European region.


An annual subscription will bring you six issues full of refereed, original scientific articles; policy articles; reviews on major themes; editorials; commentaries; book reviews; news and letters; and announcements of forthcoming events.

Impact Factor

1.481 (2006)
1.118 (2005)
1.051 (2004)
1.281 (2003)
0.624 (2002)
1.152 (2001)
1.165 (2000)
1.000 (1999)

CATEGORY: Public, Environmental and
Occupational Health (Science Citation Index)
Rank: 59/98 (2006)
Rank: 63/99 (2005)
Rank: 58/93 (2004)
Rank: 45/89 (2003)
Rank: 70/90 (2002)
Rank: 49/88 (2001)
Rank: 48/87 (2000)
Rank: 49/84 (1999)


CATEGORY: Public, Environmental and Occupational Health (Social Science Citation Index)
Rank: 31/66 (2006)
Rank: 15/56 (2003)
Rank: 38/54 (2002)
Rank: 12/54 (2001)
Rank: 15/54 (2000)
Rank: 16/51 (1999)

Abstracting and Indexing Services


European Journal of Public Health is covered by the following major indexing services:


Current Contents: Clinical Medicine
Current Contents: Social and Behavioral Sciences
EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
Science Citation Index
Social Science Citation Index
Social Science Research Network