PRO-SCIENCE
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- Overall, we rate the International Journal of Public Health as a Pro-Science journal based on peer review and a clean fact-check record. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to Frontier Media’s retractions of studies either pre or post-publication.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE (-0.5)
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (2.1)
Country: Switzerland
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
The International Journal of Public Health is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that covers the study of public health. According to its About page, “The International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) publishes scientific articles relevant to global public health, from different countries and cultures, and produces special issues that raise awareness and understanding of public health problems and solutions.”
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Funded by / Ownership
The International Journal of Public Health is owned by Frontiers Media SA, which is a for-profit corporation. Funding comes from digital sales of content and author fees for publication.
Analysis / Bias
The International Journal of Public Health is an open-access journal that publishes information and research related to public health. The journal primarily publishes research like this: THE IMPACT OF ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD CONSUMPTION ON HEALTH IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES.
Frontiers Media has been criticized for being a predatory open-access publisher. In short, Predatory Open Access publishing is an exploitative open-access publishing business model that involves charging publication fees to authors without providing the editorial and publishing services associated with legitimate journals.
However, the International Journal of Public Health is a credible scientific journal, as we have not found any controversy or significant retractions. However, Frontiers Media has retracted some studies in other publications that were found to be of poor methodology and not thoroughly peer-reviewed.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate the International Journal of Public Health as a Pro-Science journal based on peer review and a clean fact-check record. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to Frontier Media’s retractions of studies either pre or post-publication. (D. Van Zandt 01/10/2025)
Source: https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health
Last Updated on January 10, 2025 by Media Bias Fact Check
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