International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is a transdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal that covers global health, healthcare sciences, behavioral and mental health, infectious diseases, chronic diseases and disease prevention, exercise and health related quality of life, environmental health and environmental sciences, and is published monthly online by MDPI. The International Society Doctors for the Environment (ISDE), Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) and Environmental Health Association of Québec (ASEQ‑EHAQ) are affiliated with IJERPH and their members receive discounts on the article processing charges.
- Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
- High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, PubMed, MEDLINE, PMC, Embase, GEOBASE, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
- Journal Rank: CiteScore - Q1 (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health)
- Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 24 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
- Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
- Sections: published in 7 topical sections.
- Journal Cluster of Public Health: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Infectious Disease Reports, Epidemiologia, Occupational Health, International Journal of Environmental Medicine (IJEM), Journal of Market Access & Health Policy (JMAHP), Hygiene, Trends in Public Health, Digital Health and Innovation (DHI), Green Health and Health Economics and Policy.
- Companion journal: Trends in Public Health
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Editors: Isabella Piassi Dias Godói, Carlos Podalirio Borges de Almeida


