The Journal of Global Epidemiology and Health Equity (JGEHE) is an international, peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal dedicated to advancing rigorous epidemiologic science, population health research, and health equity scholarship across diverse global contexts. The journal serves as a scholarly platform for the publication of high-quality research that examines the distribution, determinants, consequences, prevention, and control of disease and health outcomes, with particular emphasis on the social, structural, environmental, economic, and policy factors that shape health and well-being across populations.
JGEHE is founded on the principle that population health cannot be fully understood without examining the broader systems and conditions that influence the unequal distribution of health outcomes. By integrating epidemiologic methods with health equity perspectives, the journal seeks to generate evidence that not only advances scientific understanding but also informs public health practice, healthcare delivery, community interventions, and evidence-based policymaking.
The journal welcomes original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, implementation studies, methods papers, policy analyses, and evidence-based commentaries that contribute to the advancement of epidemiology, global health, and population health sciences. Areas of particular interest include global and comparative epidemiology, health equity and social determinants of health, infectious and noncommunicable disease epidemiology, maternal and child health, mental health, environmental and climate health, healthcare access and outcomes, implementation science, health policy evaluation, and emerging methodological advances in epidemiologic research.
Recognizing the increasing importance of data-driven decision-making in public health, JGEHE also encourages submissions that advance epidemiologic methodology, causal inference, geospatial analysis, population health analytics, artificial intelligence applications, machine learning approaches, and innovative strategies for measuring and addressing health inequities. The journal particularly values research that moves beyond the description of disparities to investigate underlying mechanisms, evaluate interventions, and identify scalable solutions capable of improving health outcomes and reducing inequities.
The journal operates under a rigorous double-anonymous peer-review process and is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scientific excellence, methodological rigor, publication ethics, transparency, and research integrity. Editorial decisions are based solely on scientific merit, originality, relevance, methodological quality, and potential contribution to epidemiology, public health, and health equity scholarship. JGEHE adheres to internationally recognized standards and guidance from COPE, ICMJE, WAME, DOAJ, and the EQUATOR Network.
As a fully open-access journal published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), JGEHE ensures the unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge to researchers, public health professionals, clinicians, policymakers, and communities worldwide. Through its commitment to open science and global accessibility, the journal seeks to promote collaboration, accelerate knowledge translation, and strengthen evidence-informed decision-making across health systems and populations.
Founded by Hala Publishing Group in Doha, Qatar, with its headquarters located in Tornado Tower, West Bay, the Journal of Global Epidemiology and Health Equity is supported by an internationally diverse Editorial Board comprising leading experts in epidemiology, public health, global health, biostatistics, health policy, implementation science, and health equity. The journal is committed to becoming a trusted scholarly resource for advancing evidence, equity, accountability, and public health action. Through the publication of rigorous and globally relevant research, JGEHE seeks to contribute meaningfully to the reduction of health disparities, the strengthening of health systems, and the improvement of population health outcomes worldwide.
Guided by its mission of "Advancing Evidence, Equity, and Global Population Health," JGEHE aspires to become a leading international forum for impactful epidemiologic and public health scholarship, with a long-term vision of achieving inclusion in major global indexing and abstracting databases, including DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed Central, while maintaining the highest standards of academic excellence and scientific integrity.