Journal of Infection and Public Health

The Journal of Infection and Public Health is an open-access peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier as the official journal of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and the Saudi Association for Public Health, founded in 2008 and focused on infection prevention and control, microbiology, infectious diseases and public health, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.8《感染与公共卫生杂志》是由（Elsevier）出版的开放获取同行评审期刊，为沙特国民警卫队卫生部、（King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences）与沙特公共卫生协会的官方期刊，2008 年创刊，聚焦感染预防与控制、微生物学、传染病与公共卫生，2025 年影响因子为 4.8。

Scope

• Infection prevention and control in hospitals and in the community is the journal's central concern, spanning surveillance, outbreak investigation and the reduction of infection-related adverse outcomes医院与社区的感染预防与控制是期刊的核心关切，涵盖监测、暴发调查与减少感染相关不良结局。
• Microbiology and infectious diseases are covered in depth, including bacterial, viral, mycobacterial and tropical infections as well as antimicrobial resistance微生物学与传染病得到深入覆盖，包括细菌、病毒、分枝杆菌与热带感染以及抗微生物药物耐药性。
• Public health research is interpreted broadly, taking in epidemic transmission modelling, emergency management of large-scale health events and the needs of public health practitioners公共卫生研究取广义口径，包括流行病传播建模、大规模卫生事件的应急管理以及公共卫生从业者的需求。
• Healthcare epidemiology is applied to the evaluation of health outcomes, reflecting the journal's premise that infection and public health are closely intertwined医疗保健流行病学被用于健康结局评估，体现期刊关于感染与公共卫生紧密交织的基本判断。
• The journal is aimed at all health professionals who are partners in the management of patients with communicable diseases期刊面向参与传染性疾病患者管理的各类卫生专业人员。
• It publishes original research articles, review articles, brief reports and policy analyses, and it runs editorials on emerging threats such as meningococcal risk during the Hajj and Umrah and mpox transmission期刊发表原创研究、综述、简报与政策分析，并就朝觐期间的脑膜炎球菌风险与猴痘传播等新发威胁刊发社论。
• An international and diverse editorial board is maintained to reflect a global view of infection control and public health期刊保持国际化与多元化的编委会，以反映感染控制与公共卫生的全球视角。

History

• The journal was founded in 2008 as the first official journal of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and the Saudi Association for Public Health该刊于 2008 年创刊，是沙特国民警卫队卫生部、（King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences）与沙特公共卫生协会的首份官方期刊。
• It is published by Elsevier, with the DOI prefix 10.1016/j.jiph and the ISSN 1876-0341 paired with the electronic ISSN 1876-035X期刊由（Elsevier）出版，（DOI）前缀为 10.1016/j.jiph，印刷刊号 1876-0341 与电子刊号 1876-035X 并用。
• It began as a quarterly and now appears monthly, with volume 18 published in 2025 and volume 19 in 2026期刊最初为季刊，现按月出版，2025 年为第 18 卷，2026 年为第 19 卷。
• Publication is fully open access with an article processing charge of USD 2,999, and the overwhelming majority of recent articles are gold open access期刊为完全开放获取，文章处理费为 2,999 美元，近年文章绝大多数为金色开放获取。
• Citations surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, lifting the impact factor to 7.537 in 2022, before it settled at 4.0 in 2024 and 4.8 in 2025新冠疫情期间引用量激增，2022 年影响因子升至 7.537，此后回落至 2024 年的 4.0 与 2025 年的 4.8。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE and PubMed, and Scopus, and it has not appeared on the Chinese Academy of Sciences early-warning list in recent years期刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（MEDLINE）与（PubMed）以及（Scopus）收录，近年未列入中国科学院预警名单。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Sameera Al Johani of the College of Medicine at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh现任主编为利雅得（King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences）医学院的（Sameera Al Johani）。
• Editorial handling is supported by an international board whose members are drawn from Saudi Arabia, China, the United States, India, South Korea and elsewhere编辑工作由国际编委会支持，成员来自沙特阿拉伯、中国、美国、印度、韩国等地。
• Official journal metrics report 10 days from submission to first decision, 52 days to a decision after review and 132 days from submission to acceptance官方期刊指标显示，投稿至首次决定为 10 天，评审后决定为 52 天，投稿至录用为 132 天。
• Acceptance to online publication takes about four days, reflecting a fast production workflow录用到在线发表约需 4 天，体现较快的出版流程。
• The journal emphasises support for public health practitioners, and its editorial content regularly addresses preparedness for mass gatherings and cross-border transmission期刊强调服务公共卫生从业者，其编辑内容经常讨论大型集会与跨境传播的应对准备。
• Submissions are handled through Elsevier's Editorial Manager system, and open-access charges may be covered by institutional agreements投稿经（Elsevier）的（Editorial Manager）系统处理，开放获取费用可由机构协议承担。