American Journal of Public Health
Theme: Epidemiology
Frequency: monthly
Web site: http://www.ajph.org/
Mission:
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is the No. 1 publication dedicated to original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health. This prestigious journal also regularly publishes authoritative editorials and commentaries and serves as a forum for the analysis of health policy. The stated mission of the Journal is "to advance public health research, policy, practice, and education." All published papers have undergone rigorous peer review (only one out of five submitted papers is accepted for publication). Each month, the nation's most influential public health professionals turn to AJPH for the most current, authoritative, in-depth information in the field.
Impact factor (2002): 3.279
Editor:
Editor-in-Chief:
Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH
Columbia University
New York, New York
USA
Available online contents:
AJPH Online is a unique delivery channel of special importance to those in the research, academic, student, and practice communities. Key benefits for users are the sophisticated cross-journal search capabilities and free hyperlinking from article references to full-text articles in almost 400 other online journals that are maintained by HighWire Press of Stanford University Libraries.
Other unique features await you on this site-such as reference links to Medline, the APHA bookstore, and other resources; focused searches for related articles or articles by the same author; online letters to the editor; table-of-contents e-mail alerts; a subject collections index; and a variety of help and feedback features to assist you in your initial forays.
