Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · 163 journals indexed

Best open-access journals for Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The top Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, 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).

  1. 1
    BMC Medicine
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  2. 2
    International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
    6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  3. 3
    Globalization and Health
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  4. 4
    Infectious Diseases of Poverty
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  5. 5
    Nutrients
    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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  6. 6
    Medical Education Online
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  7. 7
    Nutrition Journal
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  8. 8
    Food & Nutrition Research
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Swedish Nutrition Foundation
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  9. 9
    Obesity Facts
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Karger Publishers
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  10. 10
    BMC Medical Education
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  11. 11
    Biology of Sex Differences
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  12. 12
    Clinical and Translational Science
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  13. 13
    Frontiers in Nutrition
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
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  14. 14
    Annals of Global Health
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  15. 15
    One Health
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  16. 16
    BMC Medical Ethics
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  17. 17
    Malaria Journal
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  18. 18
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of Science
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  19. 19
    BMC Palliative Care
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  20. 20
    BMC Women s Health
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  21. 21
    Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  22. 22
    Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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  23. 23
    Archives of Public Health
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  24. 24
    Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Informa
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  25. 25
    Public Health Nutrition
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  26. 26
    Preventive Medicine Reports
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  27. 27
    Animal Reproduction
    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal (CBPA)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Journal of Epidemiology
    1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Japan Epidemiological Association
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  29. 29
    Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
    1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  30. 30
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - B
    1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
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  31. 31
    Journal of Reproduction and Development
    1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Japanese Society of Animal Reproduction
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  32. 32
    Current Developments in Nutrition
    0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  33. 33
    Tropical Medicine and Health
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
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  34. 34
    BMC Nutrition
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
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  35. 35
    Advances in Medical Education and Practice
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Dove Medical Press
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  36. 36
    Nutrition Research and Practice
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2
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  37. 37
    Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
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  38. 38
    Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
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  39. 39
    Clinical Medicine
    1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Royal College of Physicians
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  40. 40
    Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
    1.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
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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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BMC Medicine, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Globalization and Health, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Nutrients are among the top results, ranked by Scimago quartile then OpenAlex cites/paper from a 17,786-venue index, predatory venues excluded. The full list is on this page; for a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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