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Best Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journals

723 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 The Lancet Public Health 44 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
2 Annual Review of Public Health 38.3 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
3 The Lancet Planetary Health 31.4 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
4 Clinical Microbiology Reviews 28.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
5 Implementation Science 23.1 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
6 Chemosphere 21.1 99th Q1 No
7 The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 19.9 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
8 Environmental Health Perspectives 17.7 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Trauma, Violence, and Abuse 16.7 98th Q1 SSCI No
10 Current Environmental Health Reports 16.5 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
11 Environmental Research 16.5 98th Q1 SCIE No
12 Obesity Reviews 16.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
13 Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health 15.1 98th Q1 ESCI No
14 International Journal of Consumer Studies 15 98th Q1 SSCI A No
15 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 14.3 98th Q1 SCIE No
16 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 13.8 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
17 Safety Science 13.7 97th Q1 SCIE A No
18 Eurosurveillance 13.6 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 NanoImpact 12.9 97th Q1 SCIE No
20 The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 12.9 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
21 Translational Research 12.3 97th Q1 SCIE No
22 Accident Analysis and Prevention 12.1 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
23 Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 11.7 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 11.7 96th Q1 SCIE No
25 Reviews on Environmental Health 11.5 96th Q1 SCIE No
26 Emerging Contaminants 11.1 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
27 Tobacco Control 10.6 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
28 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 10.5 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 10.4 96th Q1 SSCI A No
30 Exposure and Health 10.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
31 Infectious Diseases of Poverty 10.2 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Indoor Air 9.9 95th Q1 SCIE No
33 Food Production, Processing and Nutrition 9.8 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
34 Globalization and Health 9.8 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
35 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 9.8 95th Q1 No
36 Science in One Health 9.4 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
37 BMJ Global Health 9.3 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
38 Environmental Research Letters 9.3 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 9.3 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
40 Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A 9 94th Q1 SCIE No
41 International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 8.8 94th Q1 SCIE No
42 Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 8.8 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
43 The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia 8.7 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
44 PharmacoEconomics 8.5 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
45 Value in Health 8.4 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
46 Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 8.4 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
47 Bulletin of the World Health Organization 8.4 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
48 Global Health Research and Policy 8.4 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
49 Journal of Health Monitoring 8.4 93th Q1 Yes
50 Water Emerging Contaminants and Nanoplastics 8.4 93th Q1 No
51 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 8.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
52 Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 8.3 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
53 npj Science of Food 8.3 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
54 Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity 8.2 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
55 Human Resources for Health 8.1 92th Q1 SSCI Yes
56 Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 8.1 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
57 American Journal of Preventive Medicine 8 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
58 JAMA Health Forum 7.9 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
59 Journal of Health and Social Behavior 7.9 91th Q1 SSCI No
60 Milbank Quarterly 7.8 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
61 Ageing and Society 7.8 91th Q1 SSCI No
62 Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health 7.8 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
63 World Journal of Men's Health 7.8 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
64 Communications Medicine 7.7 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
65 Journal of Infection and Public Health 7.7 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
66 Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 7.7 90th Q1 SCIE No
67 Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses 7.6 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
68 International Journal of Mental Health Systems 7.5 90th Q1 SSCI Yes
69 Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 7.5 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
70 Informatics and Health 7.4 90th Q1 Yes
71 GeoHealth 7.3 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
72 npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine 7.3 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
73 Preventive Medicine 7.2 90th Q1 SCIE No
74 Food and Nutrition Research 7.1 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
75 Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness 7.1 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
76 Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 7.1 89th Q1 SSCI No
77 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering 7 89th Q1 SCIE No
78 Pathogens and Global Health 7 89th Q1 SCIE No
79 Prevention Science 7 89th Q1 SSCI No
80 SSM - Population Health 7 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
81 Journal of Adolescent Health 7 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
82 Society and Mental Health 6.9 88th Q1 SSCI No
83 Journal of the International AIDS Society 6.8 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
84 Journal of Urban Health 6.8 88th Q1 SCIE No
85 Preventing Chronic Disease 6.8 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
86 Psychology and Health 6.8 88th Q1 SSCI No
87 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 6.7 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
88 Family Medicine and Community Health 6.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
89 Health and Social Care in the Community 6.7 87th Q1 SSCI No
90 Public Health Research and Practice 6.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
91 Drug and Chemical Toxicology 6.6 87th Q1 SCIE No
92 International Journal for Equity in Health 6.6 87th Q1 SSCI Yes
93 LGBT Health 6.6 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
94 Nutrition and Dietetics 6.6 87th Q1 SCIE No
95 Conflict and Health 6.6 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
96 Health Care Science 6.6 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
97 Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior 6.5 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
98 Environmental Health Insights 6.5 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
99 Indoor and Built Environment 6.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
100 Journal of Climate Change and Health 6.5 86th Q1 ESCI Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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