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Journal overview

Critical Public Health , also known as CPH , is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed open access journal on public health.

The Journal publishes the latest research in the aspects, research, implementation, and management of public health, health promotion, sociology, political economy of health, and related fields. Open Access from 2024, CPH brings together international scholarship from health researchers, social scientists, and those working within health services.

CPH considers original articles, empirical research articles, short reports, reviews, case studies, short communications, and commentary articles on the following topics. All perspectives, including those with a critical view, are welcome.

  • Adolescent Health
  • Ageing and Public Health
  • Anthropology and Planetary Health
  • Commercial Determinants of Health
  • Digital Public Health
  • Disaster and Emergency Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Equity, Power, Social Justice, and Oppression in Health
  • Ethics & Governance
  • Gender and Health
  • Global Health
  • Health and Human Rights
  • Health Behaviour
  • Health Communication
  • Health Diplomacy
  • Health Equity and Social Inequalities in Health
  • Health Policy and Promotion
  • Health Systems and Services
  • Infectious Diseases - Surveillance and Prevention
  • Innovations in Health
  • Law and Public Health
  • Occupational Health
  • One Health
  • Primary Care
  • Public Health Education and Economics
  • Public Mental Health
  • Sustainable Health

What can you expect if you publish in CPH ?

  • Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts
  • Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world
  • Fast publication on a state-of-the-art platform
  • Innovative article-level performance metrics
  • Global marketing and high production values
  • Authors retain copyright of their work

Read the Instructions for Authors and submit your article.

Please note that Critical Public Health converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 34 (2024). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model. From 2024 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.

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