Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
DisciplinePublic health
LanguageEnglish, abstracts in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Edited byLaragh Gollogly
Publication details
History1947–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
11.1 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Bull. World Health Organ.
Indexing
CODENBWHOA6
ISSN0042-9686 (print)
1564-0604 (web)
LCCN52004897
OCLC no.01588496
Links

The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is a monthly public health journal published by the World Health Organization that was established in 1948.[1] Articles are published in English and abstracts are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 11.1, ranking it 12th out of 207 journals in the category "Public, Environmental & Occupational Health".[3]

It is open access journal and uses the Creative Commons 3.0 IGO license (specifically CC BY 3.0 IGO).[4][5]

History

The first issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization was published in 1948 under the initiative of the Interim Commission, and has been published monthly ever since.[6]

Abstracting and indexing

The Bulletin is abstracted and indexed in Abstracts on Hygiene, Biological Abstracts, Current Contents, Excerpta Medica, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed, Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews, Pollution Abstracts, Science Citation Index, and Tropical Diseases Bulletin.[7]

See also

Other publications of the World Health Organization:

References

  1. ^ "Bulletin/1947-1948/". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Guidelines for contributors". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Bulletin of the World Health Organization". 2022 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2023.
  4. ^ "Public health round-up". Bull World Health Organ. 92 (7): 468–469. 2014. doi:10.2471/BLT.14.010714 (inactive 5 December 2024). PMC 4121872. PMID 25110369.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
  5. ^ "WHO | Rights and Permissions". WHO. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Bulletin of the World health Organization/About/History". World Health Organization. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Advertisement flyer" (PDF). Bulletin of the World Health Organization. World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 February 2011.