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Frontiers in Public Health Template

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Frontiers in Public Health is a peer-reviewed journal published by Frontiers, covering COVID-19 and Mental Health, Health disparities and outcomes, COVID-19 epidemiological studies. Over its lifetime it has published 29,226 papers, which have received 403,433 citations.

PublisherFrontiers
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inCOVID-19 and Mental Health Health disparities and outcomes COVID-19 epidemiological studies Healthcare Systems and Reforms Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
ISSN2296-2565
Citation impact (2-yr)3.25
h-index175
i10-index9,853
Article processing charge$2,490
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereSichuan University
Journal websitejournal.frontiersin.org
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Papers published in Frontiers in Public Health per year

242
2014
282
2015
438
2016
363
2017
384
2018
398
2019
960
2020
2.3K
2021
5.3K
2022
4.7K
2023
4.1K
2024
5.4K
2025

Citation impact of Frontiers in Public Health by publication year

9.5K
2014
7.1K
2015
11.4K
2016
21K
2017
21K
2018
20.4K
2019
52.6K
2020
59.9K
2021
87.1K
2022
59.7K
2023
27.4K
2024
13.5K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Frontiers in Public Health

An Overview of Heart Rate Variability Metrics and Norms

Fred Shaffer, J. P. Ginsberg · 28 Sep 2017

Healthy biological systems exhibit complex patterns of variability that can be described by mathematical chaos. Heart rate variability (HRV) consists of changes in the time intervals between consecutive heartbeats called interbeat intervals (IBIs). A healthy heart is not a metronome. The oscillations of a healthy heart are complex and constantly changing, which allow the cardiovascular…

6,906 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer

Godfred O. Boateng, Torsten B. Neilands, Edward A. Frongillo et al. · 11 Jun 2018

Scale development and validation are critical to much of the work in the health, social, and behavioral sciences. However, the constellation of techniques required for scale development and evaluation can be onerous, jargon-filled, unfamiliar, and resource-intensive. Further, it is often not a part of graduate training. Therefore, our goal was to concisely review the process…

5,340 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Environmental and Health Impacts of Air Pollution: A Review

Ioannis Manisalidis, Elisavet Stavropoulou, Agathangelos Stavropoulos et al. · 20 Feb 2020

One of our era's greatest scourges is air pollution, on account not only of its impact on climate change but also its impact on public and individual health due to increasing morbidity and mortality. There are many pollutants that are major factors in disease in humans. Among them, Particulate Matter (PM), particles of variable but…

5,111 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
RE-AIM Planning and Evaluation Framework: Adapting to New Science and Practice With a 20-Year Review

Russell E. Glasgow, Samantha M. Harden, Bridget Gaglio et al. · 29 Mar 2019

The RE-AIM planning and evaluation framework was conceptualized two decades ago. As one of the most frequently applied implementation frameworks, RE-AIM has now been cited in over 2,800 publications. This paper describes the application and evolution of RE-AIM as well as lessons learned from its use. RE-AIM has been applied most often in public health…

2,588 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Gender Differences in Patients With COVID-19: Focus on Severity and Mortality

Jianmin Jin, Peng Bai, Wei He et al. · 29 Apr 2020

Objective: The recent outbreak of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is reminiscent of the SARS outbreak in 2003. We aim to compare the severity and mortality between male and female patients with COVID-19 or SARS. Study Design and Setting: We extracted the data from (1) a case series of 43 hospitalized patients we treated, (2) a…

2,334 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Frontiers in Public Health template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Frontiers in Public Health use?
Frontiers in Public Health uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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Frontiers journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by Frontiers.
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