Journal of Public Health Policy
Double Blind
Quarterly
20% acceptance rate
Peer Review
Double Blind
OA Type
Hybrid OA
Acceptance
20%
Time to Decision
7 weeks
Frequency
Quarterly
APC
2,490 EUR
Impact Factor (2023)
3.6
CiteScore (2023)
5.0
About This Journal
The Journal of Public Health Policy (JPHP) is an internationally recognised peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of public health science and health policy. Published by Springer Academic, JPHP disseminates evidence informing the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health interventions across local, national, and global settings.
Aims & Scope
JPHP focuses on research connecting scientific evidence with health policy decision-making:
• Epidemiology: surveillance methods, burden-of-disease studies, and outbreak investigation
• Health systems and service delivery: access, quality, efficiency, and equity
• Non-communicable disease prevention: tobacco control, obesity policy, alcohol regulation
• Infectious disease policy: vaccination programmes, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic preparedness
• Social determinants of health: poverty, education, housing, and structural racism
• Environmental health: air pollution standards, food safety, and chemical regulation
• Global health governance: WHO frameworks, international health regulations, and financing
• Health economics: cost-effectiveness analysis, health technology assessment
• Implementation science: scale-up, fidelity, and sustainability of interventions
• Epidemiology: surveillance methods, burden-of-disease studies, and outbreak investigation
• Health systems and service delivery: access, quality, efficiency, and equity
• Non-communicable disease prevention: tobacco control, obesity policy, alcohol regulation
• Infectious disease policy: vaccination programmes, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic preparedness
• Social determinants of health: poverty, education, housing, and structural racism
• Environmental health: air pollution standards, food safety, and chemical regulation
• Global health governance: WHO frameworks, international health regulations, and financing
• Health economics: cost-effectiveness analysis, health technology assessment
• Implementation science: scale-up, fidelity, and sustainability of interventions