Impact Factor
4.50
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
25.84
902 total citations
h5-index
58
h5 depth signal
Cited share
97.7%
42 of 43
Total citations
902
Citation footprint
Metric signal
22.38
External metric anchor
Self-citation
1.1%
10 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
245
United Kingdom
23
Canada
22
Australia
12
Denmark
8
Citing Fields of Research
Healthcare Policy
123
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
47
Patient Care
40
Medical Ethics
34
Environmental Sciences
32
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,158
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
43
42 cited publications
Last 12 months
28
14.0 publications/month
Open access share
96.4%
27 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
245 citing publications
Leading citing field
Healthcare Policy
123 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
16 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1, 1980-
v1, 1980-
1980-1994
1995-1999
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Healthcare Policy
Broad Categories
Public Health
Healthcare Policy
Patient Care
Nutrition & Dietetics
Environmental Sciences
Psychiatry
Virology
MeSH Descriptors
Public Health
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-062325-064412
Open DOI
State Cannabis Policy and Public Health Research in the United States: Policy Disconnects and Research Gaps
Ongoing liberalization and legalization of cannabis policy in the United States have shifted the focus of policy discussions to how legal markets should be regulated to protect public health. We reviewed the scientific literature on cann...
02
DOI 10.1146/annurev-pu-46-043026-200001
Open DOI
Erratum: Health Risks and Benefits of Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy and Infancy
03
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071123-032637
Open DOI
Causal Inference in Health Disparities Research
Causal inference is a central endeavor in health disparities research. For decades, it has been used to both measure and explain disparity and discrimination and to evaluate the impact of interventions on disparity and discrimination. Th...
04
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-082224-022223
Open DOI
Community-Based Participatory Research: Evolution and Significant Developments
In 1998, in the Annual Review of Public Health , we reviewed the development of community-based research, later titled community-based participatory research (CBPR). The field has grown since then in multiple ways, including the number o...
05
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-081624-060046
Open DOI
The Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control of Type 2 Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The burden of diabetes is rising rapidly, with the largest increases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While most people with diabetes globally live in LMICs, high-quality data on diabetes prevalence, risk factors, complicatio...
06
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-081424-035408
Open DOI
Diminished Returns: The Hidden Health Costs of Upward Social Mobility for Black Americans
Black-White health inequities, systemic and unjust differences in health, are well documented across a broad range of outcomes. Socioeconomic resources are often cited as a key determinant of racial health inequities in the United States...
07
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-091624-014926
Open DOI
The Health Implications of Fatherhood: A Comprehensive Literature Review
There is growing recognition that paternal involvement matters for child development and family well-being, even while we know comparatively little about how fatherhood affects men's own physical and mental health. This review brings tog...
08
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-060922-045015
Open DOI
Practice-Focused Research Based on Public Health Critical Race Praxis
A growing number of researchers use public health critical race praxis (PHCRP), an antiracism framework derived in part from critical race theory, to conceptualize racism as a public health problem and examine its contributions to health...
09
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-100824-020456
Open DOI
The Epidemiology of Maternal Mortality in the United States: Trends, Structural Determinants, and Individual Risk Factors
Maternal mortality in the United States is an urgent public health concern. Despite advances in medical technology and obstetric care, maternal mortality remains elevated in the United States, with disparate burden across racial and ethn...
10
DOI 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090924-033158
Open DOI
Geospatial Approaches for Environmental Justice: A Critical Review
Environmental justice (EJ) research is an interdisciplinary field of study concerned with the unequal distribution of environmental burdens and benefits across different sociodemographic identities (e.g., race, class). While consideratio...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Editors: v. 1- L. Breslow, J. E. Fielding and L. B. Lave.
Also issued online.
Vol. 1 (MAY 1980)19890816 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper that meets the full ANSI standard for Permanent Paper