Editors Guidelines
Editorial guidance for Journal of Public Health International to ensure integrity, fairness, and high-quality public health publishing.
Support Rigorous Public Health Scholarship
Editors at JPHI uphold ethical standards, ensure quality, and guide manuscripts from submission to decision.
We value timely, fair, and transparent editorial leadership.
Quality Stewardship
Assess scope fit, scientific rigor, and public health relevance.
Ethical Oversight
Ensure compliance with ethics approvals, consent, and data integrity.
Reviewer Leadership
Select qualified reviewers and balance expertise, diversity, and independence.
Author Guidance
Provide clear, constructive feedback and decision rationale.
Initial Screening
Confirm scope alignment, ethical approvals, and baseline quality.
Reviewer Selection
Invite independent reviewers with relevant methodological expertise.
Decision & Communication
Synthesize reviews, provide editorial guidance, and issue a decision.
- Relevance: Clear contribution to public health policy, practice, or evidence.
- Rigor: Sound methods, transparent reporting, and appropriate analysis.
- Ethics: Proper approvals, consent, and protections for participants.
- Clarity: Coherent structure, clear results, and actionable implications.
- Novelty: Adds value beyond existing literature.
- Conflict of interest: Declare and recuse when necessary.
- Confidentiality: Treat manuscripts and review materials as confidential.
- Misconduct: Flag suspected plagiarism, data fabrication, or redundant publication.
- Appeals: Consider appeals with a fair, documented process.
- Select at least two independent reviewers with complementary expertise.
- Balance methodological, regional, and policy perspectives when possible.
- Encourage specific, actionable feedback for authors.
- Request revisions that improve clarity and public health impact.
Timely Decisions
Keep reviews on track and communicate decisions promptly.
Transparent Feedback
Provide clear reasoning and guidance on revision requirements.
Respectful Tone
Maintain professional and constructive communication with authors.
Editors may propose special issues aligned with emerging public health priorities. Proposals should include a rationale, scope, and proposed guest editors.
Submit a Special Issue Proposal
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Last updated: January 2026
