Public Health: The Way We Live, Work and Play: HRPR 1001

• Is there an abstract or summary at the beginning of the article?
• Does the article include a bibliography?
• Are there in-text citations (e.g., parenthetical references, endnotes, or footnotes)?
• Does the author use specialized language, relevant to the subject area?
• What is the author's affiliation or credentials (e.g., is it with a college, university, or research organization)?
• Who is the audience of the article? Is it written for fellow scholars in the field, for practitioners, or for a general/popular audience?
• How many pages is the article? Is it substantial in length?
• What kind of images does it contain? Scholarly journals tend to have few, if any images, but often contain charts, graphs, or data tables.
• Does the journal title refer to an academic discipline or specialized field of study? Often the title will include words such as journal, research, or review.

CONTENT ADAPTED FROM "RESEARCH & CITATION HELP," COLBY COLLEGE LIBRARIES

These are some of the journals that publish public health topics. They are peer reviewed and may use either APA or AMA style. 

When you search for articles in a database such as PubMed, you may find one of these. Be aware that this is not a comprehensive list of all journals that publish on public health topics. Due to the wide interdisciplinary nature of public health there are many more. 

To find a specific journal title, search the library holdings through the Journals tab