Best journals for Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
The top Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 3International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5Globalization and Health6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Infectious Diseases of Poverty5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Nutrients5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9European Journal of Epidemiology5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Medical Education Online4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12Food & Nutrition Research4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Swedish Nutrition FoundationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Biology of Sex Differences4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Clinical and Translational Science4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18Frontiers in Nutrition3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26PLoS neglected tropical diseases3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of ScienceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27European Journal of Nutrition3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 34European Journal of Clinical Nutrition3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Archives of Public Health2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Advances in Health Sciences Education2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Archives of Women s Mental Health2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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