Journal of Public Health and Health Systems
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 aim and scope
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.
Academic sections
The scope is organized into named sections so authors can identify the closest disciplinary route. Review each section description before selecting a journal.
Article types
Article type does not by itself determine suitability. The manuscript must fit the journal’s subject scope and meet the relevant standards for evidence, reporting, ethics and transparency.