There is a wide range of intellectual work written about health research, which has been shaped by the evolution of diseases. The scope of public health history is dynamic and has been shaped by the evolution of diseases. In the last decades, health research has moved from the study of sanitary reforms and the control of infectious diseases, to the study of the impact of epidemic and contagious diseases, and to the inclusion of social action initiatives taken in response of epidemic disasters.

Public health

Public health refers to the activities to prevent diseases, promote health, and prolong life for the whole popula- tion . Therefore, the main objective of public health   is assuring conditions for the people in order to be healthy. It is at the core of health research and conse- quently there are many journals devoted to increase knowledge and raise awareness on this topic

Most influential journals in Public Health Research

R	Journal name	TC	TP	H	TC/TP	Year	Volume	IF	IF5	T50	T200	T200*	GR	First year
1	American Journal of Public Health	302196	9203	198	32,84	1991	81	4,229	4,997	15	9	1	3	1911
2	Social Science & Medicine	281663	9656	163	29,17	1990	31	2,558	3,568	17	14	0	4	1967
3	Bulletin of The World Health Organization	80812	2597	110	31,12	1990	68	5,112	6,372	8	7	14	22	1948
4	BMC Public Health	60880	7434	64	8,19	2001	1	2,321	2,781	0	0	0	31	2001
5	Public Health Nutrition	46882	2988	84	15,69	1999	2	2,483	2,798	1	1	0	41	1998
6	Drug Safety	46562	2005	87	23,22	1990	5	2,620	3,424	0	0	0	42	1986
7	Annual Review of Public Health	39592	595	104	66,54	1991	12	6,627	7,984	4	4	1	51	1980
8	Public Health Reports	34617	2064	67	13,29	1990	105	1,644	1,791	1	1	2	61	2001
9	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health	22531	2219	54	10,15	1996	20	1,897	1,835	0	0	0	82	1977
10	Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique	20835	2515	44	8,28	1990	81	1,094	1,325	1	1	0	88	1997
11	European Journal of Public Health	20399	1851	51	11,02	1997	7	2,459	2,743	0	0	0	91	1991
12	Public Health	20393	2488	48	8,2	1990	104	1,475	1,514	0	0	0	92	1888
13	Revista de Saude Publica	18366	2810	41	6,54	1990	24	1,219	1,587	0	0	0	97	1967
14	Scandinavian Journal of Public Health	17440	1568	50	11,12	1999	27	3,125	2,570	0	0	0	103	1973
15	Journal of American College Health	15664	1011	57	15,49	1994	43	1,397	2,223	2	1	0	109	1978
16	Journal of Safety Research	13917	1070	47	13,01	1990	21	1,303	1,940	0	0	0	116	1982
17	Public Health Nursing	11167	1373	37	8,13	1990	7	0,886	1,131	0	0	0	137	1984
18	Maternal and Child Health Journal	9992	1434	36	6,97	2004	8	2,015	2,318	0	0	0	143	1997
19	Salud Publica de Mexico	8805	2008	30	4,38	1993	35	1,034	1,221	0	0	0	154	1997
20	Ethnicity & Disease	7952	1285	32	6,19	2004	14	0,921	1,233	0	0	0	160	2003

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is a basic science of public health. It stud- ies the distributions and determinants of health  prob-  lems in different groups of people. Epidemiological information analysis is used to plan and evaluate strategies to control or prevent diseases.

R	Journal name	TC	TP	H	TC/TP	Year	Volume	IF	IF5	T50	T200	T200*	GR	First year
1	American Journal of Epidemiology	357243	8162	211	43,77	1990	131	4,975	6,067	11	8	49	1	1921
2	Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention	207614	6073	147	34,19	1991	1	4,324	4,647	2	1	0	5	1991
3	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	168450	4502	167	37,42	1990	43	5,478	5,898	17	16	2	7	1955
4	Statistics in Medicine	148692	6505	140	22,86	1990	9	2,037	2,828	0	0	6	10	1982
5	International Journal of Epidemiology	140691	4335	134	32,45	1990	19	9,197	8,000	3	0	3	11	1972
6	Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health	99343	3939	117	25,22	1990	44	3,294	3,667	2	2	3	15	1947
7	Epidemiology	93837	3124	126	30,04	1991	2	6,178	6,894	1	1	0	16	1990
8	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	86969	4588	100	18,96	1990	11	3,938	4,423	5	3	0	18	1980
9	Cancer Causes & Control	83834	3003	112	27,92	1990	1	2,961	3,434	1	1	0	21	1990
10	Epidemiology and Infection	73121	4117	85	17,76	1990	104	2,491	2,671	0	0	0	25	1901
11	European Journal of Epidemiology	46372	2896	71	16,01	1990	6	5,147	4,245	1	1	0	43	1985
12	Annals of Epidemiology	43089	2002	83	21,52	1996	6	2,145	2,895	0	0	0	48	1990
13	Genetic Epidemiology	38300	2040	77	18,77	1990	7	2,951	3,489	1	1	1	54	1984
14	Epidemiologic Reviews	34630	456	93	75,94	1990	12	7,333	12,344	4	3	5	60	1979
15	Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology	33089	1726	66	19,17	1990	18	1,944	2,491	0	0	0	64	1973
16	Neuroepidemiology	24773	1314	62	18,85	1990	9	2,476	2,863	0	0	0	73	1982
17	Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology	21249	1228	59	17,3	1994	8	2,811	2,796	0	0	0	84	1987
18	Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine	18231	1274	54	14,31	1998	75	1,943	2,517	0	0	0	99	1925
19	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	11801	490	44	24,08	1999	8	2,957	3,155	2	2	0	131	1992
20	BMC Medical Research Methodology	8936	979	39	9,13	2007	7	2,168	3,024	0	0	0	153	2001

Epidemiology is the most influential category al- though Public Health is the largest one. Focusing on journals, the American Journal of Epidemiology, Envir- onmental Health Perspectives, American Journal of Pub- lic Health, and Social Science & Medicine, have the highest number of citations which shows the largest in- fluence in absolute terms.

No	Title	SJR	H ndex	Total Docs. (2018)	Total Docs. (3years)	Total Refs. (2018)	Total Cites (3years)	Citable Docs. (3years)	Cites / Doc. (2years)	Ref. / Doc. (2018)
1	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	10.389 Q1	245	35	103	7722	2299	100	18.13	220.63
2	Annual Review of Public Health	6.416 Q1	130	30	84	3151	1080	81	10.92	105.03
3	The Lancet Public Health	journal	5.493 Q1	17	156	155	2346	608	50	12.16	15.04
4	National health statistics reports	journal	5.463 Q1	64	16	33	281	390	33	4.91	17.56
5	Obesity Reviews	journal	4.216 Q1	137	138	348	11600	3037	316	8.19	84.06
6	Eurosurveillance	journal	3.876 Q1	90	208	794	4993	3991	629	7.37	24.00

Journal Acceptance Rates

Definition: The number of accepted manuscripts for publication compared to the total number of manuscripts submitted in one year.  The exact method of calculation varies depending on the journal.Check the publisher’s website for the journal to see if the acceptance rates are listed.

• Only a small number of journals list their acceptance rates online.

E-mail the journal’s editor to request the acceptance rates.

• The name of the editor should be listed on the journal website.
• In the e-mail include the reason why you are requesting acceptance rates and the years needed.
• Not all editors will provide this information.

Factors Affecting The Acceptance Rate Depend On The Following-

• Whether the authors have closely followed the ‘Instructions to Authors’, such as instructions
• regarding reference style
• Whether the study has performed a thoughtful, focused, up-to-date review of the literature
• The nationality of authors
• Gender of contact author
• The statistical significance of the results
• Whether the limitations of the study were taken into account in interpretation of results
• Whether the authors have chosen reviewers for the article, or the reviewers must be chosen
• by the editors
• The study sample size
• The affiliation of authors
• Whether the study has an appropriate, rigorous, and comprehensive design
• The scientific qualifications of authors
• Whether the manuscript is well-written (i.e., it is clear, straightforward, and easy to follow)
• Number of previous articles published by the corresponding author in journals indexed in
• ISI, MEDLINE, or EMBASE
• Whether the authors have previously published articles in that journal
• Whether there was a novel or unique approach for the interpretation of the results
• Whether the conclusions include practical, useful implications
• Number of articles from that journal cited by the manuscript

REFERENCES-

1. Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study,José M. Merigó and Alicia Núñez; Merigó and Núñez Globalization and Health (2016) 12:46;DOI 10.1186/s12992-016-0186-4

2. Factors Influencing Editors’ Decision on Acceptance or Rejection of Manuscripts: The Authors’ Perspective Behnam Shakiba MD•*, Hojjat Salmasian*, Reza Yousefi-Nooraie MD*,Mersedeh Rohanizadegan; Arch Iranian Med 2008; 11 (3): 257 – 262