Examines population health, epidemiology, prevention, health systems and policy. Research should define the population and setting, explain data sources and study design, address relevant bias and uncertainty, and distinguish association from causal inference.
Journal of Public Health and Health Systems is a journal in the EJSIR Publisher programme, focused on Public Health and Health Systems. Its scope is organized into academic sections covering Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Policy, Health Systems, Health Services Research, Disease Prevention, Environmental Health, Digital Public Health, Occupational Health and Population Health Analytics. This structure helps authors assess disciplinary fit and gives readers a clear route through the journal’s subject coverage.
Read the journal overview →Section scopes describe the topics covered and the contribution expected from submissions.
This section covers epidemiology within public health and health systems. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers global health within public health and health systems. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers health policy within public health and health systems. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers health systems within public health and health systems. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers health services research within public health and health systems. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers disease prevention within public health and health systems. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →The journal considers the following types when the manuscript is appropriate to the section and meets the relevant methodological, reporting and ethics requirements.
