Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Latest issueVol 17
No 4

October–December 2026 issue is online

Volume 17, Issue 4 is available as a PDF. The archive runs from Volume 1 (2010) to the present.

Schedule4 issues
a year

Published quarterly, open for submissions all year

Issues come out in January–March, April–June, July–September and October–December. Manuscripts can be submitted at any time.

See the publication schedule »

Open accessCC BY
NC 4.0

Open access, with authors keeping copyright

The journal has been open access since 2020. There is no submission fee; processing charges apply only if an article is accepted.

See processing charges »

Indexed in

Indexed in leading research databases

IJPHRD is indexed in Google Scholar, Scilit, EBSCOhost and Embase (up to January 2025), along with other international databases.

See indexing »

Volume 17 · Issue 4

October–December 2026

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Volume 17 · Issue 3

July–September 2026

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Volume 17 · Issue 2

April–June 2026

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Volume 17 · Issue 1

January–March 2026

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Volume 16 · Issue 4

October–December 2025

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Volume 16 · Issue 3

July–September 2025

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Browse the full archive, Volume 1 (2010) to Volume 17 (2026) »

About the journal

The Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development publishes research across public health, from population studies and disease control to health systems and policy. It has appeared quarterly since 2021, uses double-blind peer review, and has been open access since 2020.

It is published by the Institute of Medico-Legal Publications, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. About the publisher »

Authors, reviewers and readers can find the journal's aims and scope, peer review process and publication ethics on this site, and submit manuscripts through the Article Submission page.

Frequency: Quarterly
Review: Double-blind
Access: Open since 2020
Archive: 2010 to 2026

Aims and scope

The journal covers public health in general, including community medicine, epidemiology, occupational health, environmental hazards, clinical research and public health law. It strongly encourages research from the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Scope areas

Epidemiology & Population Health

Communicable Diseases

Non-Communicable Diseases & Mental Health

Occupational & Workplace Health

Environmental & Planetary Health

Health Systems, Policy & Management

Regional emphasis

Asia

SAARC countries

Southeast Asia

Middle East

Africa

Before you submit. The journal does not publish standalone survey results. Submissions need a clear hypothesis and conclusive findings.

Targeted audience

Research

Researchers and academics

Practice

Practitioners

Public health professionals, healthcare practitioners and policymakers.

Study

Students

Students in public health, medicine, nursing and related fields.

Policy

Policymakers

At local, national and international levels.

Advocacy

Advocates and activists

Working on health equity.

Organisations

Global health organisations

NGOs, international bodies and government agencies.

For authors: journal policies

Copyright and Licensing Policy

The copyright and licensing policy for the Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development (IJPHRD) is as follows:

Copyright Ownership: Authors retain copyright ownership of their work after publication in IJPHRD. However, they grant the journal an exclusive Creative Commons license.
Creative Commons License: The authors grant IJPHRD the right to exclusively apply a Creative Commons license to their work upon publication. This license permits use, distribution, and reproduction of the work in any medium, provided that the original work and its source are properly cited. The specific license applied is https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en which allows for attribution, non-commercial use, and derivative works.
Editorial Research: Authors grant the journal the right to analyse information obtained from submitted manuscripts for editorial research purposes. This analysis aims to improve the peer-review process, teaching, and training activities.
Warranties: Authors warrant that their work is original, contains no libellous statements, is lawful, and does not infringe upon any copyright, trademark, patent, or proprietary rights of others. Authors agree to indemnify the editors against any costs, expenses, and damages arising from any breach of this warranty.
Views and Opinions: The views and opinions expressed in the article are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the journal.

Archiving Policy

IJPHRD became an Open Access journal in 2020. All issues published after 2020 are archived in repositories such as PKP PN (Public Knowledge Project), LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, Crossref and EBSCOhost, and on the journal websites (IJPHRD and OJS).

The journal is archived through Portico, a trusted digital preservation service for scholarly publications. If the journal ceases publication, Portico ensures that the archived content will remain accessible to the scholarly community.

Authors seeking full-length articles, abstracts, reference lists, or citation information for specific articles, not accessible on databases like EMBASE, Google Scholar or EBSCOhost, are encouraged to contact the editorial office at editor@ijphrd.com. We are pleased to offer these supplementary materials free of charge.

IJPHRD maintains all versions of submitted manuscripts in its database. The versions are maintained by email, on hard drives or within the OJS system.

Open access

Free to read and reuse

This is an open access journal, which means all content is freely available without charge. Content can be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed, searched and linked to without permission from the publisher or author, in line with the BOAI definition of open access.

Funding

How the journal is supported

Revenue comes from print copies supplied to colleges and universities, author charges, and advertising and sponsorship. See the advertising page.

Processing charges

Article category	Indian and South Asian authors	Foreign authors
Original research, systematic reviews, narrative reviews	₹5,000	USD 100
Case reports, short communications, letters to the editor, policy briefs	₹3,000	USD 50

There is no submission fee. Processing charges apply only if an article is accepted, and authors who do not want to pay may withdraw.

Indian Journal ofPublic Health Research & Development

October–December 2026 issue is online

Published quarterly, open for submissions all year

Open access, with authors keeping copyright

Indexed in leading research databases

October–December 2026

July–September 2026

April–June 2026

January–March 2026

October–December 2025

July–September 2025

About the journal

Indexing

Aims and scope

Scope areas

Regional emphasis

What the journal aims to do

Targeted audience

Researchers and academics

Practitioners

Students

Policymakers

Advocates and activists

Global health organisations

Publication schedule

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

For authors: journal policies

Copyright and Licensing Policy

Self-Archiving Policy

Archiving Policy

Free to read and reuse

How the journal is supported

Processing charges

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. E. Venkata Rao

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