American Journal of Health Behavior

The American Journal of Health Behavior is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by PNG Publications. It covers the study of individual and social efforts on health behaviors. The editor-in-chief is Elbert D. Glover (University of Maryland School of Public Health).[1]

American Journal of Health Behavior
DisciplineMedical sociology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byElbert D. Glover
Publication details
History1977-present
Publisher
PNG Publications (United States)
Hybrid
1.970 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Am. J. Health Behav.
Indexing
ISSN1087-3244 (print)
1945-7359 (web)
LCCN96648169
OCLC no.1078058438
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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index[2] and Scopus.[3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.970.[4]

Controversy
See also: Elbert Glover § Criticism & Controversy

In exchange for a $51,000 fee, the 2021 May/June issue of the journal was made available open access and dedicated to studies funded by e-cigarette company Juul that provided results favoring Juul. All of the studies' co-authors were found to be current or former Juul employees or to be affiliated to or under contract with Juul.[5][6]

References
  1. ajhb. "Editorial Board". American Journal of Health Behavior. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. "Source details: American Journal of Health Behavior". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  4. "American Journal of Health Behavior". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.
  5. Kaplan, Sheila (2021-07-05). "Juul Is Fighting to Keep Its E-Cigarettes on the U.S. Market". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  6. Dayen, David (2021-07-07). "Juul: Taking Academic Corruption to a New Level". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2021-07-11.


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