Best journals for Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
The top 40 of 450 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. 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).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
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- 3International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Globalization and Health7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Infectious Diseases of Poverty6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Nutrients6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9European Journal of Epidemiology6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Medical Education Online5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13Clinical and Translational Science4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Food & Nutrition Research4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Swedish Nutrition FoundationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17Biology of Sex Differences4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Frontiers in Nutrition4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 24Perspectives on Medical Education4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Bohn Stafleu van LoghumOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25PLoS neglected tropical diseases3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of ScienceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 27European Journal of Nutrition3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 29Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36European Journal of Clinical Nutrition3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Advances in Health Sciences Education3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Archives of Public Health3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb 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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