Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

ISSN 0042-9686World Health OrganizationSwitzerland
ScopusMEDLINEEmbasePubMedPMCSCImagoDOAJJIFMatched via identifier

Journal overview

Journal identity
Titles
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Bull. WHO (abbreviated)
Bull World Health Organ (abbreviated)
BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Key identifiers
ISSN
0042-9686
0042-9686
eISSN
1564-0604
NLM ID
7507052
Publisher / basic metadata
Publisher
World Health Organization
Geneva : World Health Organization,
Country
Language
ENG
English, French, English, French

Indexing & coverage

Current indexing summary
Scopus
Currently indexed

Scopus's Sources record lists this journal as active.

Indexing history
Coverage
1949–2026, 1945
Indexing services (MEDLINE, Embase)
MEDLINECurrently indexedEmbaseListed

Embase's Active journals record lists this journal as active.

Bibliographic inclusion (PubMed)
PubMedIncluded
Full-text availability (PMC — not an indexing service)
PMCCoverage available

Metrics

MetricYearValueQuartileRankSource
JIF20255.7Q11607JCR Impact Factor List 2025 — supplied dataset
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) — 2025

Source: SCImago Journal & Country Rank — 2025 dataset. SJR is a metric published by SCImago, presented here as reported.

SJR
1.547
Best Quartile
Q1
H-index
210
Subject categories
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Q1
More metrics
Coverage
1945, 1949–2026
Country
Switzerland
Region
Western Europe
Publisher
World Health Organization
Open Access
Yes
Open Access (Diamond)
Yes
Total documents (current year)
141
Total documents (3 years)
461
Total references
3711
Total citations (3 years)
1668
Citable documents (3 years)
243
Citations per document (2 years)
3.32
References per document
26.32
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
1564-0604, 0042-9686
SCImago Source ID
20913
SCImago Rank (across all SCImago source types)
2290

Publication activity

Publication activity
SCImago
2025
141 observed publications
Latest publication activity observed
2025
Current-year activity
Recent publication activity observed

Evidence sources: SCImago. SCImago's count is a source-reported aggregate figure; Crossref/OpenAlex/PubMed counts are distinct article records JCF Labs observed via each provider's own free API — none is guaranteed to be that journal's complete output for the year, and providers may disagree (this is expected, not an error). See this journal's own source evidence above for full context.

Open access

DOAJ — Directory of Open Access Journals

Source: DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). Listing status and policy details are reported here as DOAJ published them.

Listed in DOAJ
Yes
License
CC BY
APC (article processing charge)
No
More information
Waiver policy
No
Review process
Editorial review, Peer review, Anonymous peer review
Plagiarism screening
No
Preservation services
PMC
Added to DOAJ
2024-02-15
Journal homepage
DOAJ profile
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
0042-9686, 1564-0604

Subjects & categories

Subjects / categories
Subject area (SCImago)
MeSH (PubMed)
Public Health
Coverage / history
Scopus:1949-2026; 1945
MEDLINE:MEDLINE: v32n5, 1965-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v1, 1948-, OLDMEDLINE, PMC;
PubMed:MEDLINE: v32n5, 1965-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v1, 1948-, OLDMEDLINE, PMC;
PMC:v.1(1) 1948 – v.104(9) 2026