Introducing Environmental Research: Health—a new journal devoted to addressing important global challenges at the interface of the environment and public health

Abstract

Environmental Research: Health is a new open access, interdisciplinary journal devoted to addressing important global challenges at the interface of the environment and health in ways that bridge scientific progress and assessment with efforts relating to impact and future risks, resilience, mitigation, adaptation, security and solutions in the broadest sense. While progress has been made in many areas of environmental health, many problems remain and are in fact rising, with increasing threats from climate change and growing disparities in the health burdens of environmental conditions. Although many disciplinary and some broader journals exist, Environmental Research: Health functions at the intersection of science and solutions, which necessitates contributions from multiple disciplines, often working collaboratively, to provide science to better inform decisions from the local to global levels. The journal welcomes contributions from all research methodologies, including qualitative, quantitative, experimental, theoretical and applied approaches, including work on exposure assessment, implementation studies, policy analysis, and health assessment. Through open access, all science published in the journal will be made available free of charge to everyone. The inaugural Editorial Board spans experts from many fields including medicine, epidemiology, architecture, environmental engineering, statistics, and more. Environmental Research: Health aims to facilitate high caliber scientific evidence on how environmental conditions can harm or improve health to allow decision-makers from community groups to national and international leaders to make the best choices to improve health and the environment.