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 became an affiliated journal of the International Society Doctors for the Environment (ISDE) and Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) 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 5,000th 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. Changed to a semimonthly online journal. 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. |
| 2020 |
The Impact Factor increased to 2.849. The following topical sections are discontinued: |
| 2021 | IJERPH established the following topical sections: Aging |
| 2022 |
IJERPH established the following section: Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2004–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ulf-G. Gerdtham for Section "Health Economics" |
| 2017–present | 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–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. David Berrigan for Section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion" |
| 2019–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. U Rajendra Acharya for section "Digital Health" |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo for section "Oral Health” Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Paul Turner for section "Toxicology and Public Health" Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alessandra Casuccio for section "Women's Health" Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Zahid Ahmad Butt for section "Infectious Disease Epidemiology" Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Pantelis T. Nikolaidis for section "Exercise and Health" |
| 2021–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jun Hou for section "Water” |
| 2022–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Javier Abián-Vicén for section "Disease Prevention” |
