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o
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P
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IJPHS
Peer-reviewed Public Health Journals
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a
M
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h
a
m
med
Al
-a
bo
ud
1
, Kha
lid
Al Abo
u
d
2
, Ahm
a
d
Al Qur
a
shi
3
1
C
o
l
l
e
ge
of
A
p
pl
i
e
d Sci
e
nces,
Um
m
Al
-Qu
r
a
U
n
i
v
e
r
si
t
y
, M
a
kka
h,
Sa
udi
A
r
abi
a
2,3
Department of
Public Health,
King
Faisal
Hosp
ital
, Makkah
,
Saudi Arabia
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STRAC
T
Article histo
r
y:
Received Apr 11, 2015
Rev
i
sed
Au
g
20
, 20
15
Accepted Aug 27, 2015
Peer-reviewed P
ublic H
ealth
jou
r
nals ar
e essential media for
the workers in
the pub
lic
he
alt
h
fie
l
d.
Ther
e
ar
e a
l
re
ad
y m
a
n
y
periodi
cals
pub
li
s
h
ed
in
the
public he
alth do
m
a
in and still man
y
ne
w ones ar
e being added
.
Journalism
in
public health
is f
acing
man
y
ch
an
ges
and
challeng
es. Techno
logies
and smart
phones applications in particular aff
ected the
pattern
of publication and
readership of
these journals.
This
repor
t shed some light on the
cu
rrent peer-
reviewed
per
i
odicals
in th
e pub
lic health
.
Keyword:
Edu
catio
n
Journals
Periodicals
Pub
lic Health
Pub
licatio
n
Copyright ©
201
5 Institut
e
o
f
Ad
vanced
Engin
eer
ing and S
c
i
e
nce.
All rights re
se
rve
d
.
Co
rresp
ond
i
ng
Autho
r
:
Khalid
Al A
b
o
u
d
,
Depa
rt
m
e
nt
of
Pu
bl
i
c
Heal
t
h
,
King
Faisal
Hosp
ital,
P.O
Box
9
5
5
,
Mak
k
a
h
21
955,
Sau
d
i
Ar
ab
ia.
Em
a
il: a
m
o
a
6
5
@
ho
tm
ai
l.co
m
Peer-rev
iewed j
o
u
r
n
a
ls in
pu
b
lic h
ealth
are i
m
p
o
r
tan
t
v
e
h
i
cle of scien
tific in
fo
rm
atio
n
[1
]-[8
].
Cu
rren
tly, th
ere are m
o
re t
h
an
1
3
6
titles in
th
e Pu
b
lic
, Env
i
ro
n
m
en
tal and
Occup
a
tion
a
l Health
catego
r
y i
n
th
e So
cial Sci
e
n
ces Citatio
n Ind
e
x. It is ex
p
ected
th
at th
eir
n
u
m
b
e
r
will co
n
tinu
e
to
in
crease, as
m
a
n
y
publishe
rs wis
h
to invest in elect
ronic publication with open access m
odel.
In this m
odel, the authors
cove
r
al
l
or
part
o
f
t
h
e cost
of
t
h
e
p
u
b
l
i
cat
i
on
of
t
h
e
i
r pa
per
.
There
are se
ve
ral differe
n
ces
betwee
n Pee
r
-reviewe
d
jo
u
r
nals in
pu
b
lic
health
[3
],[4
].
Th
ese in
cl
u
d
e
for e
x
am
ple, the scope
of the
journal,
th
e spon
sor
i
ng
so
ciety, th
e
f
r
e
qu
en
cy
o
f
pu
bl
i
cat
i
on
and
t
h
e l
a
ng
ua
ge.
Th
e top
5
jou
r
n
a
ls in
p
u
b
lic h
ealth
in
2
013 as r
e
por
ted
in Jo
urn
a
l Citati
o
n
Repo
r
t
s (JCR)
Scien
c
e
an
d
So
cial Scien
ce Ed
ition
s
, In
stitu
te for
Scien
tific
Inform
at
io
n
,
Su
bj
ect Categ
o
r
y: Pu
b
lic, En
v
i
ronmen
tal
an
d
Occup
a
tion
a
l Health
In
t
e
rn
ation
a
l, were as fo
llo
w: Jo
urn
a
l of Ep
id
em
io
l
ogy (Im
p
act Factor,9.197),
Ep
id
em
io
lo
g
i
c Rev
i
ews, En
v
i
ron
m
en
tal Health
Persp
e
ctiv
es, Annu
al
Rev
i
ew of
Pub
lic Health
,
and
Ep
id
em
io
lo
g
y
.
In Ta
bl
e 1
,
w
e
t
r
i
e
d t
o
she
d
som
e
l
i
ght
on sel
ect
e
d
cu
rre
nt
peer
-r
evi
e
wed
peri
odi
c
a
l
s
i
n
pu
bl
i
c
h
ealth
. In
o
u
r listin
g
we tried
to
in
clud
e on
ly th
e j
ourn
a
ls
with
a wid
e
r scop
e rath
er th
an
p
u
b
lic h
ealth
jo
urn
a
l
fo
cu
sing
on
p
a
rticu
l
ar asp
ect
o
f
pub
lic h
ealth
lik
e t
h
ose fo
cu
sing
on
ep
id
emio
lo
g
y
on
ly.
Needless
to sa
y that there a
r
e m
a
n
y
ch
alle
n
g
e
s (wh
i
ch
are no
t in
th
e
sco
p
e
of th
is
repo
rt) facing
th
ese p
e
riod
icals [7
],[8
]. For
ex
am
p
l
e th
e u
tilizatio
n
o
f
in
t
e
rn
et and
techn
o
l
o
g
i
es to
all
o
w th
ei
r con
t
en
ts to
b
e
available in social
m
e
dia website and e-m
a
il
an
d
to
b
e
reached
easily in cel
l phones.
Raisin
g
th
e im
p
act facto
r
an
d in
clu
s
i
o
n
in
th
e Pub
M
ed rem
a
in
an
imp
o
rtan
t task
for th
e
n
e
wly
l
a
unc
hed
j
o
ur
n
a
l
s
.
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abo
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)
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9
Table 1. Selected peer-re
view
ed
p
e
ri
o
d
i
cals i
n
p
u
b
lic h
ealt
h
(listed
alph
ab
etically)
Re
m
a
rks
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rren
t
Ed
ito
r
(
c
ountr
y
)
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year
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nal
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y
e
ar
.
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t
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m
e
r
ican Public
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a
ry
E
.
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t
hr
idge
(USA
).
1911
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er
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nal
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r
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m
/jour
nal/ajphr/Ai
m
s
A
ndScope
Jing Sun (
A
ustr
alia)
2013
Am
er
ican Jour
nal
of Public
Health Resear
ch
1 issue (volu
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)
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r
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Jonathan E
.
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-
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ic
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)
.Avail
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m
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a
h Yun L
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s
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a)
.
1989
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P
acific Jour
n
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t
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r
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ocial-
und
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m
e
dizin"
r
e
nam
e
d in 2007.
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m
/
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lsPage=aboutT
h
is
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h
om
a
s
K
o
h
l
m
a
nn
(
G
er
m
a
ny)
Nino Künzli
(Switze
r
land)
Andr
ea M
a
dar
a
sova
Geckova
(
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lovakia/Nether
lands)
1956
I
n
ter
n
ational Jour
nal of Public
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4 issues per
y
e
ar
.
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vailable online at;
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m
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ex
L
i
na Handay
a
ni
(
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ndonesia)
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n
ter
n
ational Jour
nal of Public
Health Science
(IJ
PHS)
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U
m
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(Ital
y).
2012
Jour
nal of Public
Health
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2 issues per yea
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inafrica.org/index.ph
p/jphia/ind
ex
Kabir Sabitu (Nige
r
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Journal of Public
Health in
Af
rica
6 issues per
y
e
ar
. It is one of the publ
ications of Roy
a
l
Society of
Public
Health
(RSP
H).
A
v
ailable online at;
http://rsh.sagepub.
co
m
/
Heath
e
r Hartw
e
ll
(UK)
.
1879
Perspectives in Pu
blic Health
12 issues per
y
e
ar
.
I
t
is one of the pub
lication of Roy
a
l
Society of
Public
Health
(RSP
H)
.A
vailable online at;
http://www.publichealthjrnl.co
m
/
Phil Mackie
(UK
)
Fiona Si
m
(UK
)
.
1888
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4 issues per
y
e
ar
.
Published on be
half of the Faculty
of
Public Health of the Royal Co
lleges o
f
Physicians of the
United Kingdo
m
.
I
t
is available online at;
http://www.oxford
j
ournals.org
/our_j
ournals/pubm
ed/ab
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ut
.
h
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l
E
ugene M
ilne (UK)
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e
d Schr
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).
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Jour
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SSN)
1
5
25-
144
6
Patricia
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).
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ar
. It is the official jour
nal of the
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I
ngvar
Kar
l
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e 1 s
h
o
w
s
t
h
e vari
o
u
s
pr
est
i
g
i
ous
pu
bl
i
c
heal
t
h
j
o
u
r
na
l
s
from
several
pu
bl
i
s
her
s
an
d co
unt
ri
es.
Th
e av
ailab
ility an
d
v
a
riety o
f
th
e
jo
urn
a
ls are v
e
ry h
e
l
p
fu
l
for st
u
d
e
n
t
s, scien
tists an
d
lectu
r
ers to
g
a
in
th
ei
r
k
nowledg
e in
th
e area o
f
p
u
b
lic h
ealth
. In ad
d
itio
n, th
e j
ourn
a
ls g
i
v
e
ch
an
ce to
research
er and
scho
lar t
o
p
u
b
lish
th
ei
r wo
rk
, ex
p
e
rien
ce an
d
id
ea
for h
u
m
an
welfare. Th
e jou
r
n
a
ls
serv
e
u
s
who
lo
v
e
s read
i
n
g
,
writing
an
d sh
ar
ing
pub
lic h
ealth know
ledg
e.
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HI
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Nora Moh
a
m
m
ed
Al-ab
o
u
d
,
is from a S
a
udi f
a
mily
with a known r
e
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people.She hold
s
the Bachleor
ʼ
s
Degree in Biolog
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from Umm
Al-Qura University
, Makkah
,
Saudi Arabia.In
2010, she got h
e
r Master
ʼ
s Degree in Genetics from King Abdulaziz University
,
J
e
ddah ,S
audi
Arabia . S
h
e
works
currentl
y
a
s
a lec
t
urer
, i
n
Umm
Al-Qura Univers
i
t
y
,
Department of
Biolog
y
. One of
her studies was
on Molecular,
Ph
y
s
iolog
i
cal and
Morphological
Analy
s
is to
Combat Drought Str
e
ss in Plants.She
ha
s a great in
ter
e
st in research
, p
ublication
and
scientific journalism.At this tim
e she is doing
her PhD program
in King Abdulaziz University
,
Jeddah.
Khalid Al Aboud
, holds Bachelor of Medicin
e
and Bach
elor o
f
Surger
y
(MB
B
S) from Kin
g
Abdulaziz Univ
ersity
, Saud
i Ar
abia.Recently
h
e
finished h
i
s f
e
llowship in d
e
r
m
atopatholog
y
from Wake For
e
st University
,
Winston-Salem, North Carloina
, USA.Khalid Al Aboud who is
currently
th
e head of public h
e
alth dep
a
rtment
in
King Faisal H
o
spital, Ma
kkah
,
Saudi Arabia ,
has diverse medicals inter
e
sts
and has several publications in
dermatolog
y
, patholog
y
an
d
public h
e
alth. In
2008 , he
receiv
ed Zakon prize f
r
om the Society
of Hist
or
y
of Dermatolog
y
.
He
Conducted n
a
tio
nal res
earch
es o
n
several public
h
ealth problems including
lepro
s
y
,
leishmania
and skin can
cers
.
He is on the
Ed
itorial and Adviso
r
y
Boards of several pe
er-reviewed scientific
journals.
Ahmad M
o
he
m
a
id Al Qur
a
si
is a staff membe
r
at the public
health department , King Faisal
Hospital, Makk
ah , Saudi Arabia.He was born on
8th March 198
0.He holds diplo
m
a of nursing
and diploma of
hemod
y
aly
s
is
.He holds also a Bach
elor d
e
gre
e
in
heal
th car
e adm
i
n
is
tration
from
King abdulaz
iz
universit
y
in Je
ddah, Saudi Ara
b
ia. Apart from
his teaching du
ties at var
i
ous
levels, he has s
upervised man
y
health
car
e pro
v
iders and
done
lots of
consultancy
work. His
m
a
in curr
ent
int
e
rest
is to
m
onit
e
r ep
idem
iolog
y
of vira
l d
i
s
eas
es
.
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