Journal History
| 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. -Health Communication was renamed as Health Communication and Informatics. |
| 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 received a new CiteScore (2023) of 7.3. The year 2024 marked the 20th Anniversary of IJERPH. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2004–present | 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–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: Prof. 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. Gianrico Spagnuolo for the section on Health Care Sciences Co-Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jinyou Shen for the section on Environmental Sciences 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: Dr. Pantelis T. Nikolaidis for the section on Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life 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: Dr. Jun Hou for the section on Environmental Sciences 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 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 |
