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    Focus and Scope

    ANNALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH is a peer-reviewed, open access journal focused on global health. The journal’s mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge of global health. Its goals are improve the health and well-being of all people, advance health equity and promote wise stewardship of the earth’s environment.

    The journal 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.


    Publication Frequency

    Previously the journal was published in six issues annually, but in 2019 the journal has moved to continuous publication. Once an article is accepted, it will be published as soon as possible. 


    Open Access Policy

    This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

    Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.


    Archiving Policy

    The journal’s publisher focuses on making content discoverable and accessible through indexing services. Content is also archived around the world to ensure long-term availability.

    Annals of Global Health is indexed by the following services:

    To ensure permanency of all publications, this journal also utilises CLOCKSS, and LOCKSS archiving systems to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration.

    If the journal is not indexed by your preferred service, please contact us or alternatively by making an indexing request directly with the service.


    Journal Statistics

    Core journal statistics for the 2020 volume:

    Submissions received1457
    Reviews requested2927
    Reviews received3300
    Total Rejections4293
    ...of which, Desk rejects4949
    Acceptances6147
    Acceptance rate733.4%
    Time from submission to publication8156 days

     

    Definitions
    1Number of new articles received by the journal
    2Number of peer review invitation emails that were sent out
    3Number of completed peer review reports received
    4Total number of articles rejected (including desk rejects)
    5Number of articles rejected prior to peer review
    6Number of articles that received a 'Accept for publication' decision
    7Number of acceptances, as a percentage, against the total number of final decisions
    8'Mean' average from submission to publication for all publications in the volume


    Advertisement Policy

    The journal only displays advertisements that are of relevance to its scope and will be of interest to the readership (e.g. upcoming conferences). All advertising space is provided free of charge and the editor and publisher have the right to decline or withdraw adverts at any point. Adverts will include a text heading to make it clear that they are adverts not related to the journal.

    If you wish to propose a potential advert then please contact the editorial team. All advert images will have to be provided to the publisher.


    Annotation and Post-Publication Comment

    The journal platform permits readers to leave comments on the publication page, via the Disqus service. Readers will need a Disqus account to leave comments. Comments may be moderated by the journal, however, if they are non-offensive and relevant to the publication subject, comments will remain online without edit.

    The journal platform also includes in-browser annotation and text highlighting options on full text formats via hypothes.is. Readers will require a hypothes.is account to create annotations, and will have the option to make these publicly available, available to a group, or private.


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