Preventing Chronic Disease
Preventing Chronic Disease (in full Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy, commonly abbreviated as Prev. Chronic Dis.) is an open access public health journal sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Established in 2004, it carries a 2025 impact factor of 5.6.Preventing Chronic Disease（全称 Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy，常用缩写 Prev. Chronic Dis.）是美国疾病控制与预防中心主办的公共卫生开放获取期刊，2004 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 5.6。[1]
Scope
- Scope: a peer-reviewed public health journal sponsored by the CDC and established in 2004 by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, it serves researchers, practitioners and policy makers worldwide.学科定位： 期刊为同行评审的公共卫生刊物，由 CDC 慢性病预防与健康促进中心于 2004 年创办，面向全球研究者、实务者与政策制定者。
- Mission: the journal promotes dialogue on integrating and applying research findings and practical experience to improve population health, aiming to be an influential venue for proven and promising public health findings.办刊使命： 期刊以促进研究结论与实践经验的整合应用、改善人群健康为使命，愿景是成为传播成熟与有前景的公共卫生成果的权威园地。
- Publishing form: the journal publishes continuously online, free to both authors and readers.出版形态： 期刊以电子形式连续出版，作者与读者均免费。
- Publishing model: the journal is fully open access, with nearly all output gold open access.出版模式： 期刊为完全开放获取，金色开放获取比例接近全部。
- Indexing and metrics: indexed in both the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index, the journal holds a first-quartile position in public health, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.6.收录与指标： 被科学引文索引扩展版与社会科学引文索引双库收录，在公共卫生类别中列第一区，2025 年影响因子为 5.6。[2]
History
- Founded in 2004: the journal was established by the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in 2004.2004年创刊： 期刊于 2004 年由 CDC 国家慢性病预防与健康促进中心创办。
- Twentieth anniversary: 2025 marked twenty years of the journal, with six collections released and a record-high five-year impact factor.二十周年： 2025 年期刊迎来二十周年，当年发布六个专题合集，五年影响因子创下历史新高。
- Student contest: an annual student paper contest builds scientific publishing capacity in public health.学生论文竞赛： 期刊常年举办学生论文竞赛，以培育公共卫生领域的科研发表能力。[3]
- Recent metrics: the impact factor stood at 2.144 in 2019, 5.5 in 2022 and 5.6 in 2025.近年指标： 影响因子 2019 年为 2.144，2022 年为 5.5，2025 年为 5.6。
- Frequency: articles go online weekly and accumulate into annual electronic volumes.刊期： 期刊按周连续上线，每年以电子形式累积成卷。
Editors
- Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Dr Leonard Jack, Jr., in the role since October 2016 and currently director of the CDC's Office of Science Dissemination.现任主编： 主编为 Leonard Jack Jr. 博士，自 2016 年 10 月起任职，现为 CDC 科学传播办公室主任。
- Editorial background: Jack earlier directed the CDC's Division of Community Health and served as editor-in-chief of Health Promotion Practice, with research spanning sociocultural aspects of disease management and minority health.主编背景： Jack 此前主持 CDC 社区健康处，并曾长期担任《Health Promotion Practice》主编，研究方向覆盖疾病管理的社会文化面向与少数群体健康。
- Editorial board: the board draws public health researchers and practitioners worldwide, with guest editors leading themed collections on implementation evaluation and policy, systems and environmental approaches.编委构成： 编委会由全球公共卫生研究者与实务者组成，并设有实施评估、政策系统与环境取径等专题合集的客座编辑机制。[4]
- Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through the ScholarOne system and undergo peer review.投稿与评审： 稿件经 ScholarOne 在线系统递交，接受同行评审。
- Editorial policy: the journal insists on dialogue among research, practice and policy, weighing how findings play out at community level.编辑方针： 期刊强调研究、实务与政策三方的对话，重视成果在社区层面的可操作性。