American Journal of Preventive Medicine


The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in preventive medicine and public health. It also occasionally produces topical supplements.

History

It 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. The journal receives oversight from a standing Governing Board comprising members of APTR, ACPM, and the editorial team and the current editor-in-chief is Matthew L. Boulton of the University of Michigan. The first editor-in-chief was Nemat O. Borhani in 1985, followed by Joseph Stokes, who took the job in 1986 and served until his death in 1989. After this Bob Lawrence took over temporarily, until Charles Hennekens took the role in 1991. Kevin Patrick then served in the position starting in 1994 and until Boulton took over in 2014, and now holds the position of Editor Emeritus. The journal is published by Elsevier. It is a print journal that also publishes its articles online.

Topics

The Journal Guide describes the purpose of the journal as publishing original research, “on interventions aimed at the prevention of chronic and acute disease and the promotion of individual and community health.” Topics that have been published in the journal have included obesity, diabetes, cancer, smoking, physical activity and sedentary behaviors, nutrition, the financial relationship between junk food providers and national health organizations, women’s health, suicides and violence, addiction and drug abuse, and driving under the influence preventive methods.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 4.465.