Journal History | IJERPH

2004	The inaugural issue was released. IJERPH was published as a biannual journal. Sponsored the First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research.
2006	IJERPH adopted a quarterly publication schedule.
2008	IJERPH was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2009	IJERPH adopted a monthly publication schedule. IJERPH was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).
2012	IJERPH received its first Impact Factor (1.605). IJERPH was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2013	IJERPH established the following section: -Health Economics. IJERPH announced the first edition of the First Best Paper Award. 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 in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
2017	The Impact Factor increased to 2.145. International Society Doctors for the Environment (ISDE) and Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) became affiliated to IJERPH. IJERPH establishes the following 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; -Environmental Health. IJERPH published its 5,000th paper.
2018	IJERPH established the following 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 adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. IJERPH established the following 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; -Environment and Applied ecology; -Industrial Ecology; -Environmental Chemistry and Technology. IJERPH published 10,000th paper.
2020	The Impact Factor increased to 2.849. IJERPH established the following sections: -Exercise and Health; -Traumas; -Nursing; -Adolescents; -Skin Health; -Disabilities; -Reproductive Health; -Sport and Health; -Oral Health. -Emerging Contaminants was discontinued; -Environmental Analysis and Methods was discontinued; -Environmental Remediation and Management was discontinued; -Environment and Applied Ecology was discontinued; -Industrial Ecology was discontinued; -Environmental Chemistry and Technology was discontinued; -Health Informatics was discontinued.
2021	The Impact Factor increased to 3.390. IJERPH established the following sections: -Aging; -Air; -Water Science and Technology; -Anthropogenic Circularity; -Chemoenvironment; -Environmental Earth Science and Medical Geology; -Biosafety; -Disease Prevention. -Health Communication was renamed as Health Communication and Informatics. -Climate Change and Health was renamed as Climate Change.
2022	The Impact Factor increased to 4.614. IJERPH established the following sections: -Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being; -Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation; -Disaster Medicine; -Environmental Ecology.
2023	The CiteScore increased to 5.4. IJERPH refined its scope and specific aims.
2024	IJERPH adopted a monthly publication schedule. IJERPH established the following sections: -Health Care Sciences; -Behavioral and Mental Health; -Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention; -Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life; -Environmental Sciences. -Emerging Contaminants was discontinued; -Health Economics was discontinued; -Environmental Science and Engineering was discontinued; -Occupational Safety and Health was discontinued; -Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion was discontinued; -Climate Change was discontinued; -Infectious Disease Epidemiology was discontinued; -Mental Health was discontinued; -Digital Health was discontinued; -Children's Health was discontinued; -Women's Health was discontinued; -Health Care Sciences & Services was discontinued; -Health Communication and Informatics was discontinued; -Toxicology and Public Health was discontinued; -Public Health Statistics and Risk Assessment was discontinued; -Environmental Microbiology was discontinued; -Oral Health was discontinued; -Exercise and Health was discontinued; -Traumas was discontinued; -Nursing was discontinued; -Adolescents was discontinued; -Skin Health was discontinued; -Disabilities was discontinued; -Reproductive Health was discontinued; -Sport and Health was discontinued; -Aging was discontinued; -Air was discontinued; -Water Science and Technology was discontinued; -Anthropogenic Circularity was discontinued; -Chemoenvironment was discontinued; -Environmental Earth Science and Medical Geology was discontinued; -Biosafety was discontinued; -Disease Prevention was discontinued; -Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being was discontinued; -Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation was discontinued; -Disaster Medicine was discontinued; -Environmental Ecology was discontinued. The CiteScore increased to 7.3. The year 2024 marked the 20th Anniversary of IJERPH.
2025	The Environmental Health Association of Québec (ASEQ‑EHAQ) became affiliated to IJERPH. The CiteScore increased to 8.5.

Editor-in-Chief

2004–2025	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
2025–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul R. Ward Founding Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou

Section Editor-in-Chief

2013–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ulf-G. Gerdtham for the section on Health Economics
2017–2022	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yu-Pin Lin for the section on Environmental Science and Engineering
2017–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland for the section on Global Health
2017–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. William A. Toscano for the section on Environmental Health
2018–2022	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jitse P. van Dijk for the section on Children's Health
2018–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ivo Iavicoli for the section on Occupational Safety and Health
2018–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. David Berrigan for the section on Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion
2018–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kristie L. Ebi for the section on Climate Change
2019–2022	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. U Rajendra Acharya for the section on Digital Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Pasquale Caponnetto for the section on Mental Health
2019–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. William Douglas Evans for the section on Health Communication and Informatics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jimmy T. Efird for the section on Public Health Statistics and Risk Assessment
2020–2022	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Paul Turner for the section on Toxicology and Public Health
2020–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo for the section on Oral Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Pantelis T. Nikolaidis for the section on Exercise and Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Zahid Ahmad Butt for the section on Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Alessandra Casuccio for the section on Women's Health
2021–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Xianlai Zeng for the section on Anthropogenic Circularity
2021–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jun Hou for the section on Water Science and Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xinbin Feng for the section on Environmental Earth Science and Medical Geology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cristina Cortis for the section on Sport and Health
2022–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Javier Abián-Vicén for the section on Disease Prevention
2022–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller for the section on Skin Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Linyu Xu for the section on Environmental Ecology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jinyou Shen for the section on Chemoenvironment Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro for the section on Environmental Microbiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fulvio Lauretani for the section on Aging Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dongsheng Ji for the section on Air Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. German Vicente-Rodríguez for the section on Adolescents Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicola Magnavita for the section on Nursing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Karl Goodkin for the section on Mental Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lingxin Chen for the section on Environmental Science and Engineering Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Bert for the section on Digital Health
2023–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Javier Abián-Vicén for the section on Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
2024–2025	Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cristina Cortis for the section on Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Javier Abián-Vicén for the section on Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro for the section on Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Disease Prevention Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jinyou Shen for the section on Environmental Sciences Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Pantelis T. Nikolaidis for the section on Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jun Hou for the section on Environmental Sciences Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo for the section on Health Care Sciences
2024–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Zahid Ahmad Butt for the section on Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases and Disease Prevention Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lingxin Chen for the section on Environmental Sciences Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jimmy T. Efird for the section on Global Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Karl Goodkin for the section on Behavioral and Mental Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Nicola Magnavita for the section on Health Care Sciences Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. German Vicente-Rodríguez for the section on Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Linyu Xu for the section on Environmental Sciences Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fulvio Lauretani for the section on Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dongsheng Ji for the section on Environmental Health Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ulf-G. Gerdtham for the section on Global Health Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xinbin Feng for the section on Environmental Health Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. William Douglas Evans for the section on Global Health
2025–present	Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jordi Blanch for the section on Behavioral and Mental Health