Journal profile
American Journal of Public Health
American Journal of Public Health is published by American Public Health Association under ISSN 0090-0036. It holds an h-index of 422 across 29,813 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 2.8, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Public Health Policies and Education, Healthcare Policy and Management, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | American Public Health Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0090-0036 |
| All ISSNs | 0090-0036, 0271-4353, 1541-0048, 2330-9687 |
| Indexed works | 29,813 |
| Total citations | 1,341,209 |
| h-index | 422 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 2.8 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Public Health Policies and Education · Healthcare Policy and Management · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Health disparities and outcomes · Smoking Behavior and Cessation |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework.
- Authors
- Russell E. Glasgow, Thomas Vogt, Shawn M. Boles
- Year
- 1999
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1322-1327
IEEE
R. E. Glasgow, T. Vogt, S. M. Boles "Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework.," American Journal of Public Health, vol. 89, no. 9, pp. 1322-1327, 1999, doi: 10.2105/ajph.89.9.1322.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for American Journal of Public Health against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Glasgow, R. E., Vogt, T., & Boles, S. M. (1999). Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework.. American Journal of Public Health, 89(9), 1322-1327. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.89.9.1322
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{glasgow1999,
author = {Russell E. Glasgow and Thomas Vogt and Shawn M. Boles},
title = {Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework.},
journal = {American Journal of Public Health},
volume = {89},
number = {9},
pages = {1322--1327},
year = {1999},
issn = {0090-0036},
doi = {10.2105/ajph.89.9.1322}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. American Journal of Public Health records 29,813 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
American Journal of Public Health carries an h-index of 422, which is above 72% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,341,209 citations across 29,813 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 2.8.
American Public Health Association is the only publisher of this title in the set covered here, so check its own author guidance for reference style.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about American Journal of Public Health
What is the ISSN of American Journal of Public Health?
The linking ISSN is 0090-0036. The journal also carries 0271-4353 and 1541-0048 and 2330-9687, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes American Journal of Public Health?
American Public Health Association publishes it. Check the journal's own author guidance rather than a general publisher template, because reference style is set per title.
Is American Journal of Public Health open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from American Journal of Public Health in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key glasgow1999 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does American Journal of Public Health use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 1322 to 1327, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is American Journal of Public Health?
Its h-index is 422, above 72% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,341,209 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 2.8. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does American Journal of Public Health have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 422 and a two-year mean citedness of 2.8 across 29,813 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.