Preventive Medicine (journal)
Encyclopedia
Preventive Medicine: An International Journal Devoted to Practice and Theory, is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier since 1972.
and public health
, with particular focus on the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia, hypertension, respiratory/infectious diseases, and stroke through individual and population-based screening and health education programs, public health planning, and randomized controlled trials and community-based studies of interventions for improving modifiable risk factors such as obesity/overweight, physical inactivity, poor diet, tobacco smoking, and alcohol/other substance abuse, considered either singly or in combination.
(IF) was 3.299, and its 5-year IF was 3.520; based on the former, the journal was ranked 20th among 151 academic journals included in the General and Internal Medicine subject category, and also 20th among 140 academic journals included in the Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health subject category.
, MD (1922–1999).
Coverage
The journal covers all aspects of preventive medicinePreventive medicine
Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...
and public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
, with particular focus on the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia, hypertension, respiratory/infectious diseases, and stroke through individual and population-based screening and health education programs, public health planning, and randomized controlled trials and community-based studies of interventions for improving modifiable risk factors such as obesity/overweight, physical inactivity, poor diet, tobacco smoking, and alcohol/other substance abuse, considered either singly or in combination.
Impact Factor
The journal's 2010 Impact FactorImpact factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
(IF) was 3.299, and its 5-year IF was 3.520; based on the former, the journal was ranked 20th among 151 academic journals included in the General and Internal Medicine subject category, and also 20th among 140 academic journals included in the Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health subject category.
Editors
The journal is edited jointly (since 2005) by Alfredo Morabia, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edinburgh), Editor-in-Chief, and Michael C. Costanza, PhD, Editor-Statistics. The Founding Editor was Ernst WynderErnst Wynder
Ernst Ludwig Wynder was an American epidemiology and public health researcher who studied the risk factors of smoking tobacco. His 1950 coauthored publication of "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma: A Study of 684 Proved Cases" appeared in the Journal of the...
, MD (1922–1999).