The Lancet Public Health

The Lancet Public Health is a monthly, open-access, online-only specialty journal published by Elsevier as part of the Lancet Group, founded in 2016 and covering public health practice and policy worldwide, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 26.5《柳叶刀：公共卫生》是（Elsevier）出版、隶属（Lancet）期刊家族的月度金色开放获取纯在线专科期刊，2016 年创办，聚焦全球公共卫生实践与政策，2025 年影响因子为 26.5。

Scope

• It publishes high-quality original research that advances public health practice and policy making worldwide该刊刊载有助于推动全球公共卫生实践与政策制定的高质量原创研究。^[1]
• Its article types include Research Articles, Editorials, Comments and Correspondence其文章类型包括研究论文、社论、评论与通讯。
• It works in partnership with the wider family of Lancet titles该刊与（The Lancet）系列期刊家族协同运作。
• It is a gold open-access journal, so its content is freely available online该刊为金色开放获取期刊，其内容可在线免费获取。
• It focuses on the most pressing and neglected issues across all aspects of public health该刊关注公共卫生各个领域中最紧迫且被忽视的议题。
• It aims to review and publish quickly, giving authors a fast route to publication该刊力求快速评审与出版，为作者提供快捷的发表通道。
• It is an online-only journal and has no print edition该刊为纯在线期刊，不出版印刷版。

History

• It was founded in 2016 as a specialty title within the Lancet Group, and its early issues appeared that year该刊于 2016 年作为（Lancet）期刊家族内的专科刊创办，其早期刊期于当年面世。
• Audrey Ceschia became its founding Editor-in-Chief in 2016 after joining the Lancet Group in 2008Audrey Ceschia 于 2016 年出任其创刊主编，此前已于 2008 年加入（Lancet）期刊家族。
• The journal extends the Lancet family's coverage into public health research and policy该刊将（Lancet）期刊家族的报道范围拓展至公共卫生研究与政策领域。
• It belongs to a family of specialty Lancet journals that also covers rheumatology, infectious diseases and global health该刊隶属（Lancet）专科期刊家族，该家族还涵盖风湿病学、感染病学与全球健康。
• It is published by Elsevier, which owns the Lancet Group该刊由（Elsevier）出版，后者拥有（Lancet）期刊家族。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 26.5, placing it in the first quartile of public, environmental and occupational health其 2025 年影响因子为 26.5，位列公共卫生、环境与职业健康类别的第一四分位。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Audrey Ceschia, who completed a PhD in Biology and Health at the University of Montpellier in 2005现任主编为 Audrey Ceschia，她 2005 年于（University of Montpellier）取得生物学与健康学博士学位。
• She joined the Lancet Group in 2008 as a Senior Editor before leading the journal's launch她 2008 年以高级编辑身份加入（Lancet）期刊家族，其后主导该刊创刊。
• She has served as Editor-in-Chief since the journal was founded in 2016自该刊 2016 年创办以来，她一直担任主编。
• She is committed to tackling the most pressing and neglected issues across public health她致力于应对公共卫生领域中最为紧迫且被忽视的议题。
• Editorials and Comments in the journal are written by the editorial team该刊的社论与评论由编辑部撰写。
• All research articles are peer reviewed before publication所有研究论文在发表前均经同行评审。