A Message from the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | Updated Impact Factor of 4.614

Dear colleagues,

I am very glad to inform you that Thomson Reuters has recently released the 2021 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR), including a very impressive impact factor of 4.614 for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH, ISSN: 1660-4601). The new impact factor represents a 36.11% increase compared to its 2020 record of 3.390.

This remarkable increase in impact factor for IJERPH underscores the rigorous peer review process and the high quality of scientific papers that have been published. It clearly demonstrates the important role IJERPH has played and will continue to play in advancing scientific knowledge and providing a decision support tool for protecting the environment and human health.

It is indeed an outstanding achievement that ranks IJERPH as one of the top journals in the multi-disciplinary field of environmental science and public health.

I would like to commend our entire Editorial Board including the Section Editors-in-Chief, the editors of Special Issues and Topical Collections, the Managing Editors, and Assistant Editors, as well as the external referees, for working tirelessly to attract, review, and publish the best scientific discoveries in IJERPH. I am grateful for their outstanding contributions to our journal.

Special thanks are also extended to the MPDI leadership for their excellent vision in guiding a robust development of our journal.

Kind regards,

Paul Tchounwou
Editor-in-Chief