About the Journal
About the Journal
Journal of Public Health and Pharmacy
The Journal of Public Health and Pharmacy (JPHP) is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes Original Research Articles and Review Articles addressing important issues in public health and the role of pharmacy in improving population health.
The journal promotes evidence-based scholarship, methodological rigor, research integrity, and responsible communication of findings concerning disease patterns, health literacy, health behaviour, environmental and occupational risks, healthcare systems, reproductive health, the economic efficiency of health interventions, and pharmaceutical contributions to public health.
International Journal
Global scholarly relevance
Double-Blind Review
Independent expert assessment
Open Access
Immediate worldwide access
Triannual
Three issues each year
Article Types
Original Research Articles
Empirical studies using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research designs.
Review Articles
Reviews using transparent, systematic, and reproducible methods appropriate to the research question.
Journal Scope
JPHP welcomes methodologically rigorous manuscripts from all countries that provide a clear contribution to public health research, policy, administration, prevention, health education, healthcare delivery, or pharmacy-related public health practice. The journal scope includes the following areas:
1. Epidemiology
Research on the distribution, frequency, patterns, determinants, risk factors, prevention, and burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in populations.
Research on the distribution, frequency, patterns, determinants, risk factors, prevention, and burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in populations.
2. Health Education and Behavioral Science
Health literacy, health education, behavioural and psychosocial determinants, attitudes, perceptions, preventive behaviour, community participation, and evaluation of behaviour-change interventions.
Health literacy, health education, behavioural and psychosocial determinants, attitudes, perceptions, preventive behaviour, community participation, and evaluation of behaviour-change interventions.
3. Environmental Health and Occupational Safety
Environmental exposures, sanitation, pollution, environmental risks, occupational hazards, workplace safety, worker health, risk assessment, and prevention of environmentally and occupationally related diseases and injuries.
Environmental exposures, sanitation, pollution, environmental risks, occupational hazards, workplace safety, worker health, risk assessment, and prevention of environmentally and occupationally related diseases and injuries.
4. Health Administration and Policy
Health system governance, healthcare administration, service delivery, access to care, quality of care, health financing, workforce management, programme implementation, and health policy evaluation.
Health system governance, healthcare administration, service delivery, access to care, quality of care, health financing, workforce management, programme implementation, and health policy evaluation.
5. Reproductive Health
Reproductive and sexual health, maternal health, family planning, adolescent reproductive health, reproductive health services, reproductive rights, preventive interventions, and related public health policies.
Reproductive and sexual health, maternal health, family planning, adolescent reproductive health, reproductive health services, reproductive rights, preventive interventions, and related public health policies.
6. Health Economics and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Economic evaluation of public health and healthcare interventions, including cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, budget impact, resource allocation, affordability, and economic efficiency.
Economic evaluation of public health and healthcare interventions, including cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit, budget impact, resource allocation, affordability, and economic efficiency.
7. The Role of Pharmacy in Public Health
Pharmaceutical contributions to population health, access to essential medicines, rational medicine use, medication adherence, medication safety, community pharmacy services, pharmaceutical policy, and pharmacist-led public health interventions.
Pharmaceutical contributions to population health, access to essential medicines, rational medicine use, medication adherence, medication safety, community pharmacy services, pharmaceutical policy, and pharmacist-led public health interventions.
Scope Requirement
Every manuscript must demonstrate a clear and substantial relationship with at least one of the journal scope areas. Its public health relevance, population-level contribution, policy implication, or practical value must be explicitly presented in the objectives, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions.
Every manuscript must demonstrate a clear and substantial relationship with at least one of the journal scope areas. Its public health relevance, population-level contribution, policy implication, or practical value must be explicitly presented in the objectives, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions.
Peer Review
Every submission undergoes initial editorial screening for scope alignment, completeness, originality, compliance with the author guidelines, and the presence of required ethical and transparency statements. Eligible manuscripts proceed to double-blind peer review by independent reviewers with relevant subject and methodological expertise.
Publishing Information
Publisher
Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu, Indonesia
Frequency
Three issues per year
Access
Immediate open access to published articles
Article Processing Charge
The journal applies no submission fee. The Article Processing Charge is payable only after formal acceptance and does not influence editorial decisions. All editorial decisions are based on scientific merit, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, originality, and relevance to the journal’s scope.
JPHP advances rigorous and ethically responsible scholarship with clear relevance to public health and the role of pharmacy in improving population health.
