About this Journal

Welcome to Annals of Global Health,

Annals of Global Health is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal dedicated to publishing high quality articles dedicated to all aspects of global health. The journal's mission is to advance global health, promote research, and foster the prevention and treatment of disease worldwide. Its goals are to improve the health and well-being of all people, advance health equity, and promote wise stewardship of the earth's environment. The latest journal impact factor is 3.64.

Annals of Global Health is supported by the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College. It was founded in 1934 by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. It is a partner journal of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. 

Authors of articles accepted for publication in Annals of Global Health will be asked to pay an Article Publication Charge (APC) to cover publication costs. This charge can normally be sourced from your funder or institution. We are committed to supporting authors from all countries to publish their work in Annals of Global Health regardless of national income level, and to achieve this goal, we waive the Article Publication Charge for manuscripts where all authors are from low-income or lower-middle-income countries (as defined by the World Bank). 

From time to time, Annals of Global Health publishes Special Collections, a series of articles organized around a common theme in global health. Recent Special Collections have included “Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Global Health”, “Decolonizing Global Health Education”, and “Capacity Building for Global Health Leadership Training”. Global health workers interested in developing a Special Collection are strongly encouraged to contact the Managing Editor in advance to discuss the project.

COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World

Posted on 28 Oct 2022

Special Collection: Environmental Impacts on Infectious Disease

We have created a special collection about the environmental impacts of infectious disease. With climate change and environmental degradation, infectious diseases are becoming more common and are re-emerging worldwide. This Special Collection addresses epidemiological and mechanistic evidence of such change, with an emphasis on Covid-19. The papers in the Collection embody a “One Health” perspective and discuss issues specific to the Pacific Basin.

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Posted on 24 Oct 2022

Special Collection: Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Global Health

We have created a special collection on the topic of strengthening women's leadership in the global health sphere. Despite advocacy, policies, and advances in gender equality, women still experience inequitable gaps in the global health profession, particularly in leadership. This Special Collection examines an initiative to support emerging women leaders and offers recommendations for global health institutions.

 

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Posted on 11 Jul 2022

Special Collection: Decolonizing Global Health Education

We developed this special issue around the theme of decolonization broadly, emphasizing how coloniality and neo-colonial thought are woven through and still affect higher education. We have provided an opportunity for authors to express their vision of what a decolonized global health field looks like.

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Posted on 20 May 2022