Journal of Public Health and Health Systems

Journal overview

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.

The journal welcomes original research article, review article, systematic review, short communication and other contributions described in its author guidance when they fit the scope. Appropriate methods include epidemiological study designs, surveillance, health-services research, policy analysis, qualitative inquiry and mixed-methods research. Authors should describe sampling, measures, data quality, analytical decisions, ethics and privacy safeguards, and discuss the limits to generalization. Authors should engage relevant scholarship, explain the contribution and report limitations needed for critical assessment.

Editorial assessment considers journal fit, methodological or interpretive quality, research integrity and clarity. The stated review model is double-anonymous peer review, normally with at least two independent reviewers. Publisher policies on ethics, access, authorship, conflicts, data and corrections apply alongside this journal’s scope. Submission information is provided on this site; manuscripts can be submitted only after the journal’s submission route opens.

Academic remit

The journal aims to publish research that strengthens understanding of population health and the organization, delivery and evaluation of health services. It welcomes empirical, methodological and policy-focused work when the public-health relevance is explicit and the evidence is presented transparently. The central contribution should fit at least one of the journal’s academic sections and be meaningful to readers in public health and health systems.

Appropriate methods include epidemiological study designs, surveillance, health-services research, policy analysis, qualitative inquiry and mixed-methods research. Authors should describe sampling, measures, data quality, analytical decisions, ethics and privacy safeguards, and discuss the limits to generalization. Authors should define the research question, connect the approach to the question, describe sources or materials and analytical choices, and provide enough information for critical assessment. Interdisciplinary work is welcome when its relevance to the journal is clear and the methods used for each component are explained.

Interpretations and claims should follow from the reported evidence. Authors should identify uncertainty, limitations and alternative explanations where relevant, and distinguish demonstrated results from implications or future work. Studies involving people, animals, sensitive data or protected material should describe applicable ethics, consent, privacy and permissions.

Descriptive reports without a clear public-health question, policy recommendations unsupported by the design, and analyses that ignore material data or population limitations fall outside scope. Manuscripts outside the listed sections or lacking an assessable scholarly contribution may be declined at editorial screening. The section descriptions below provide more detailed guidance on topic fit.