PRO-SCIENCE
These sources consist of legitimate science or are evidence-based through credible scientific sourcing. Legitimate science follows the scientific method, is unbiased, and does not use emotional words. These sources also respect the consensus of experts in the given scientific field and strive to publish peer-reviewed science. Some sources in this category may have a slight political bias but adhere to scientific principles. See all Pro-Science sources.
- Overall, we rate the Annual Review of Public Health as a Pro-Science publisher of review journals. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to peer review and a clean fact check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE (-0.25)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (0.5)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Annual Review of Public Health is a review journal published by Annual Reviews that covers Public Health. According to its about page, “The Annual Review of Public Health covers significant developments in the field of public health, including key developments and issues in epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, social environment and behavior, health services, and public health practice and policy.”
Founded in 1932, Annual Reviews is a nonprofit academic publishing company based in San Mateo, California. Annual Reviews publishes over 50 scientific journals of review covering life, physical, biomedical, and social sciences. According to its about page “Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society.”
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Funded by / Ownership
As a nonprofit organization, Annual Reviews relies on a combination of funding sources, including subscriptions and the S20 model, which funds open-access publishing.
Analysis / Bias
Annual Review of Public Health is a journal that publishes information on public health. The journal primarily publishes research such as this: Breaking Barriers with Data Equity: The Essential Role of Data Disaggregation in Achieving Health Equity.
Annual Reviews is an open-access/hybrid publisher of scientific journals. There are two types of Open Access Journals, legitimate and predatory, both of which charge the author for publication. Predatory journals often lack peer review and are generally considered not credible. Annual Reviews is considered a legitimate, open-access publisher as they do not charge authors and rely on the s2o method for funding.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Annual Review of Public Health as a Pro-Science publisher of review journals. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to peer review and a clean fact check record. (D. Van Zandt 03/03/2025)
Source: https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/publhealth
Last Updated on March 3, 2025 by Media Bias Fact Check
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