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Aims and scope

Aims and scope

One Health Outlook is a new open access journal published by BMC in collaboration with the Global One Health Community.

 

Edited by Ab Osterhaus, One Health Outlook has a broad scope to encompass all aspects of One Health.  Education and bringing people from different backgrounds together is what One Health is all about, and by removing barriers for readers, Open Access is ideally placed to promote the One Health ethos.

One Health Outlook welcomes papers from researchers looking at the interaction between human, animal, plant and environmental health; agriculture, food and water safety and soil health; disease surveillance, prevention and response, both infectious and chronic diseases; antimicrobial resistance; environmental toxicology detection and response; public policy and regulation; education, communications and outreach.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.8
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.3
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): N/A
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): N/A

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 27
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 173

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 162,080
    Altmetric mentions: 297

The Global One Health Community


One Health Outlook is published in collaboration with the Global One Health Community. A strategic forum of stakeholders and a One Health reference network that aims to enhance understanding of and preparedness for the current and future outbreaks of zoonoses, emerging infectious diseases in humans and animals, and antimicrobial resistance, including the ecological and environmental factors which impact on these diseases.