Annals of Global Health

Annals of Global Health is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal owned by Boston College and published on the Ubiquity Press platform, descending from the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine founded in 1934 and renamed in 2014, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.1.《全球健康年鉴》（Annals of Global Health）是由（Boston College）拥有、（Ubiquity Press）平台出版的全开放获取同行评审期刊，前身为 1934 年创刊的（Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine），2014 年改为现名，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.1。

Scope

• The remit is global health in the broadest sense, covering the burden, prevention and treatment of disease worldwide with particular attention to low-income and middle-income countries.收稿范围为广义的全球健康，涵盖全球疾病负担、预防与治疗，尤其中低收入国家。
• Health equity and the social determinants of health are central, including work on decolonising global health and on equitable partnerships between high-income and low-income institutions.健康公平与健康社会决定因素居于核心，包括全球健康去殖民化以及高收入与低收入机构之间平等合作的研究。
• Planetary health is a recurring theme, from climate change adaptation and air pollution to ocean pollution, plastics and occupational exposures.行星健康是反复出现的主题，从气候变化适应、空气污染延伸至海洋污染、塑料与职业暴露。
• Health systems and policy work covers universal health coverage, integrated care, health workforce development and leadership training.卫生体系与政策方向涵盖全民健康覆盖、整合型服务、卫生人力建设与领导力培训。
• Non-communicable disease and infectious disease both feature, including One Health approaches and the environmental drivers of emerging infections.非传染性疾病与传染病并重，包括同一健康路径以及新发感染的环境驱动因素。
• Migration and health, maternal and child health, and the health of refugees and displaced populations are addressed through regular special collections.迁移与健康、妇幼健康，以及难民与流离失所人群的健康，通过定期专题合集予以讨论。

History

• The title began in 1934 as the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, founded by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as a general medical journal.本刊前身为 1934 年由（Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai）创办的（Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine），原是一份综合医学期刊。
• It was renamed Annals of Global Health in 2014, and volume numbering ran on without a restart, so the first issue under the new name was volume 80.2014 年更名为（Annals of Global Health），卷号延续不重新起算，新刊名下的首期即第 80 卷。
• Early volumes under the new title were published on Elsevier platforms, with DOIs of the form 10.1016/j.aogh, before the journal moved to Ubiquity Press, which hosts it today.新刊名初期在（Elsevier）平台出版，数字对象标识符形如 10.1016/j.aogh，其后转入（Ubiquity Press），由该平台承载至今。
• In 2019 the journal dropped six-issue bimonthly publication for continuous publication, so accepted articles appear as soon as they are ready.2019 年本刊放弃每年六期的双月刊模式，改为连续出版，录用文章就绪即上线。
• Title, branding and intellectual property are held by the Trustees of Boston College, the journal is supported by the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, and it is a partner journal of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health.刊名、品牌与知识产权归（Boston College）董事会所有，刊物由该校全球公共卫生与共同利益项目支持，并是（Consortium of Universities for Global Health）的伙伴期刊。
• In 2025 the journal received 437 submissions and accepted 23 percent of final decisions, with a mean of 83 days from submission to publication and a Journal Impact Factor of 5.1 against 3.2 in 2024.2025 年收到投稿 437 篇，最终决定中的录用率为 23%，从投稿到出版平均 83 天，期刊影响因子为 5.1，2024 年为 3.2。

Editors

• Philip J. Landrigan, a paediatrician and environmental health scientist, is Editor-in-Chief and holds appointments at the Boston College Global Observatory on Planetary Health in Chestnut Hill and at the Centre Scientifique de Monaco.（Philip J. Landrigan）为儿科医生与环境健康学者，任主编，任职于（Boston College）切斯纳特山校区行星健康全球观察站及摩纳哥科学中心。
• Jagat Narula of the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston serves as Executive Editor, bringing a cardiology and global cardiovascular health perspective to the handling of submissions.（UTHealth Houston）麦戈文医学院的（Jagat Narula）任执行编辑，以心脏病学与全球心血管健康的视角参与稿件处理。
• Three Deputy Editors support the desk: Kurt Straif and Thomas C. Chiles, both at Boston College, and Roberto G. Lucchini, who divides his time between Florida International University and the University of Modena.三位副编辑协助编辑部：均属（Boston College）的（Kurt Straif）与（Thomas C. Chiles），以及任职于（Florida International University）与摩德纳大学的（Roberto G. Lucchini）。
• Several dozen Associate Editors sit behind them, drawn from the World Health Organization in Geneva, the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, and institutions in Nigeria, Lebanon, Thailand, Brazil, Uruguay, Japan and Australia.其下设有数十位副编辑，来自日内瓦的世界卫生组织、卢旺达的全球健康公平大学，以及尼日利亚、黎巴嫩、泰国、巴西、乌拉圭、日本与澳大利亚的机构。
• Review is single-blind: an editor screens each submission, two or more subject experts assess those sent out, reviewers stay anonymous to authors, and authors may suggest or ask to exclude individuals.评审采用单盲方式：由编辑初筛，合适稿件送两位以上同行专家评估，审稿人对作者匿名，作者可推荐或请求回避特定人选。
• Original research is capped at 5000 words with about 40 references, reviews and viewpoints carry no prior invitation, editorials are commissioned at 1500 words, and an article processing charge of 2108 US dollars applies with a waiver policy.原创研究限 5000 字、约 40 条参考文献，综述与观点文章无需事先约稿，社论为约稿并限 1500 字，文章处理费为 2108 美元并设有减免政策。