The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is a premier journal in the field of public health. AJPH has been around for over a century, and has both an online and a print version, each of which is published monthly. AJPH publishes original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation, as well as editorials and commentaries, and discussions on health policy analysis.

AJPH is a voice for the American Public Health Association which aims to promote universal coverage, address health disparities, and influence the public health infrastructure. On-line access to the journal permits easy information searches such as cross-journal searches and  hyperlinking from article references to full-text articles in other online journals.  On-line journaling also enables ready communication, such as letters to the editor;  alerts to newly published items. Another imprtant feature of on-line journaling are tools such as citation tracking and management and ‘Help’.