Scopus indexed Public Health journals

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Scopus is currently indexing nearly 36,377 journals from approximately 11,678 publishers. In this blog post, we will be listing Scopus-indexed public health journals.

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There are more than 500 Scopus indexed journals that publish public health-related research. However, we are listing the top 40 Scopus indexed public health journals. More health sciences journals can be found at https://phdtalks.org/journal-finder.php

Top 40 Scopus indexed Public Health Journals

S. No.	Journal Title	Publisher	Journal Scope	SJR
1	Annual Review of Public Health	Annual Reviews Inc.	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1)	9.963
2	Nature Reviews Methods Primers	Springer Nature	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	9.476
3	Cell Stem Cell	Cell Press	Cell Biology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1)	9.156
4	Molecular Cancer	BioMed Central Ltd.	Cancer Research (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Oncology (Q1)	8.703
5	Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease	Annual Reviews Inc.	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	8.628
6	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	Elsevier USA	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1)	8.343
7	Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology,The	Elsevier Ltd.	Endocrinology (Q1); Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q1); Internal Medicine (Q1)	8.217
8	Lancet Psychiatry,The	Elsevier Ltd.	Biological Psychiatry (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1)	8.167
9	Circulation	Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1); Physiology (medical) (Q1)	7.8
10	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	American Society for Microbiology	Epidemiology (Q1); Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1)	7.584
11	JAMA Cardiology	American Medical Association	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1)	7.371
12	Lancet Global Health,The	Elsevier BV	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	7.37
13	Lancet Regional Health – Europe, The	Elsevier Ltd.	Health Policy (Q1); Internal Medicine (Q1); Oncology (Q1)	7.133
14	Cell Systems	Cell Press	Cell Biology (Q1); Histology (Q1); Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Q1)	7.112
15	Nature Metabolism	Springer Berlin	Cell Biology (Q1); Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q1); Internal Medicine (Q1); Physiology (medical) (Q1)	7.045
16	Nature Reviews Cardiology	Nature Publishing Group	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1)	6.932
17	Annual Review of Clinical Psychology	Annual Reviews Inc.	Clinical Psychology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1)	6.744
18	JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association	American Medical Association	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.695
19	Nature Biomedical Engineering	Nature Publishing Group	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.625
20	JAMA Psychiatry	American Medical Association	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1)	6.578
21	Lancet Digital Health, The	Elsevier Ltd.	Decision Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Health Informatics (Q1); Health Information Management (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.433
22	Accounts of Chemical Research	American Chemical Society	Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.382
23	Science Translational Medicine	American Association for the Advancement of Science	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.361
24	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	American Thoracic Society	Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (Q1); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Q1)	6.237
25	Journal of Experimental Medicine	Rockefeller University Press	Immunology (Q1); Immunology and Allergy (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.237
26	Intensive Care Medicine	Springer Verlag	Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (Q1)	6.229
27	NCHS data brief	U.S. National Center for Health Statistics	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	6.085
28	Diabetes Care	American Diabetes Association Inc.	Advanced and Specialized Nursing (Q1); Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q1); Internal Medicine (Q1)	6.008
29	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Q1)	5.866
30	European Journal of Heart Failure	Wiley-Blackwell	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1)	5.601
31	EMBO Journal	Wiley-Blackwell	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (Q1)	5.484
32	Annual Review of Microbiology	Annual Reviews Inc.	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Microbiology (Q1)	5.436
33	JACC: Heart Failure	Elsevier BV	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1)	5.352
34	Pharmacological Reviews	American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1)	5.338
35	Journal of Clinical Investigation	The American Society for Clinical Investigation	Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	5.117
36	JAMA Pediatrics	American Medical Association	Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1)	5.109
37	Evidence-Based Mental Health	BMJ Publishing Group	Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1)	4.969
38	JAMA Internal Medicine	American Medical Association	Internal Medicine (Q1)	4.922
39	Acta Neuropathologica	Springer Verlag	Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Q1)	4.897
40	Genome Medicine	BioMed Central Ltd.	Genetics (Q1); Genetics (clinical) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1)	4.851