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American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Cover
DisciplinePreventive medicine
Public health
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMatthew L. Boulton
Publication details
History1985–present
Publisher

Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (United States)

FrequencyMonthly

Impact factor

6.604 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Am. J. Prev. Med.
Indexing
CODENAJPMEA
ISSN0749-3797 (print)
1873-2607 (web)
LCCN86643981
OCLC no.11120856
Links

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that publishes articles (in-print and online) in the areas of prevention research, teaching, practice and policy.[1] Original research is published on interventions aimed at the prevention of chronic and acute disease and the promotion of individual and community health, as well as health services research pertinent to prevention and public health. Papers also address educational initiatives aimed at improving the ability of health professionals to provide effective clinical prevention and public health services. The journal periodically publishes supplements issues devoted to areas of current interest to the prevention community.

History[edit]

The journal was established in 1985 as a bimonthly journal and is the official journal of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research.[2] The journal receives oversight from a standing Governing Board composed of members appointed by APTR and ACPM. The current editor-in-chiefisMatthew L. Boulton (University of Michigan).[3] Previous editors-in-chief have been:

The journal was originally published by Oxford University Press. The current publisher, Elsevier took over in 1998.[6]

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

  • Chemical Abstracts
  • Current Contents
  • EMBASE
  • International Nursing Index
  • MEDLINE/PubMed
  • PsycINFO
  • Scopus
  • Sociological Abstracts
  • Tropical Diseases Bulletin
  • According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 6.604.[7]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "More Americans Questioning Safety of E-Cigarettes". Health.com.
  • ^ "American Journal of Preventive Medicine. - NLM Catalog - NCBI".
  • ^ "New Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Preventive Medicine - Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)". APTR Web.
  • ^ Kenneth S. Warren & Frederick Mosteller (1993). Doing More Good Than Harm: The Evaluation of Health Care Interventions. The New York Academy of Sciences. p. 167. ISBN 9780897668347.
  • ^ Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride. National Academies Press. 17 October 1999. ISBN 9780309063500 – via Google Books.
  • ^ Patrick, Kevin (1998-01-01). "AJPM 2.0: The Elsevier era". American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 14 (1): 78–79. doi:10.1016/S0749-3797(97)00015-9.
  • ^ "American Journal of Preventive Medicine". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2022.
  • External links[edit]


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