Discover Public Health

Discover Public Health is an open access journal publishing research from all fields relevant to public health. Publication costs for Discover Public Health are covered by Springer Nature until 30 June 2026. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication before that date will not pay an article-processing charge. Note that the APC-free period does not apply to any journal to which your article may be transferred if not accepted in Discover Public Health. Current charge: £0/$0/€0  Standard charge: £1790/$2490/€2090. 

• Indexed in DOAJ and Scopus with a CiteScore 2024 of 1.0.
• Considers articles from a broad range of public health disciplines.
• Formerly Emerging Themes in Epidemiology (2023 Impact Factor: 3.6), Discover Public Health is expected to receive its first Impact Factor under the new name in 2026.
• Topics include epidemiology, occupational health, disease prevention, health policy, and more.     
• A journal in Springer Nature’s Discover Series: Rigorous, representative and wide-reaching.