Journal History
| 2004 | Inaugural issue released, initially published as a biannual journal in printed version Sponsored the First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research |
| 2006 | Changed to a quarterly publication schedule |
| 2008 | Indexed by PubMed |
| 2009 | Changed to a monthly online journal Covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) |
| 2012 | Received its first Impact Factor of 1.605. |
| 2013 | IJERPH section of Health Economics is set up First Best Paper Award announced Sponsored Environment and Health Conference in Basel, Switzerland |
| 2014 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.063 |
| 2016 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.101 IJERPH was indexed by Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) |
| 2017 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.145 IJERPH establishes the following topical sections: Global Health Health Services and Health Economics Research Environmental Science and Engineering Occupational Safety and Health Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion Climate Change and Health IJERPH published 5000th paper |
| 2018 | IJERPH established the following topical sections: Infectious Disease Epidemiology Mental Health Digital Health Children Health Women’s Health The first International e-Conference on Environmental Health Sciences, sponsored by IJERPH, was held on Sciforum. |
| 2019 |
The Impact Factor increased to 2.468
IJERPH established the following topical sections: Health Communication Toxicology and Public Health Public Health Statistics and Risk Assessment Emerging Contaminants Environmental Analysis and Methods Environmental Microbiology Environmental Remediation and Management Ecology and the Environment Industrial Ecology Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Launched a new position—Topic Editor IJERPH Reached 10,000 Articles Milestone |
Editors-in-Chief
| 2004- | Founding Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou |
| 2013- | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Ulf-G. Gerdtham for Section "Health Economics" |
| 2017 | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland for Section "Global Health" Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. William A. Toscano for Section "Environmental Health" Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Yu-Pin Lin for Section "Environmental Science and Engineering" Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Kristie L. Ebi for Section "Climate Change and Health" |
| 2018 | Section Editor-in-Chief Dr. David Berrigan for Section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion" |
