| American Journal of Public Health | |
| Cover: | AJPH July 2019 cover.jpg |
| Editor: | Alfredo Morabia |
| Discipline: | Public health |
| Abbreviation: | Am. J. Public Health |
| Publisher: | American Public Health Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| History: | 1911–present |
| Impact: | 12.7 |
| Impact-Year: | 2022 |
| Openaccess: | Delayed, after 10 years |
| Website: | http://www.ajph.org/ |
| Link1: | http://ajph.aphapublications.org/current.shtml |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://ajph.aphapublications.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Issn: | 0090-0036 |
| Eissn: | 1541-0048 |
| Coden: | AJHEAA |
| Lccn: | 86655185 |
| Oclc: | 228148667 |
The American Journal of Public Health is a monthly peer-reviewed public health journal published by the American Public Health Association that covers health policy and public health. The journal was established in 1911 and its stated mission is "to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education."[1] The journal occasionally publishes themed supplements. The editor-in-chief is Alfredo Morabia.
The journal was voted one of the 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine over the last 100 years by the Special Libraries Association.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 11.576.[3]
Former editors in chief include Mary Northridge (1998-2015), Mervyn Susser (1992–1998), Michel Ibrahim (1990 – 1991), Alfred Yankauer (1975 – 1990), George Rosen (1957–1973), Abel Wolman (1954 – 1957), Charles-Edward A. Winslow (1944 – 1954), Harry Mustard (1941 – 1944), Mazÿck Ravenel (1924 – 1940), Arthur Hedrich (1917 – 1922), Selskar Gunn (1914 – 1916), Livingston Farrand (1912–1913), and Burt Rickards (1911–1911).[4]
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