It is an honor for me and all those involved in Iran J Public Health, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the proud and uninterrupted publication of the Journal. Undoubtedly, this journal is one of the most prestigious journals in Iran and the region in publishing progressive sciences on public health. I would like to express my gratitude to all the esteemed members of the Editorial Board, referees, authors and my dear colleagues in the administrative section of the Journal.
Iran J Public Health has been continuously published since 1971, as the only journal in all health domains, with wide distribution (including WHO in Geneva and Cairo) in two languages (English and Persian). From 2001 issue, the Journal is published only in English. During the last 50 years, more than 5000 scientific papers, resulting from health activities, surveys and services, have been published in this journal.
To meet the increasing demand of respected researchers, as of January 2012, the Journal is published monthly. The main topics that the Journal has been published were as follows:
Bioethics, Disaster and Health, Entomology, Epidemiology, Health and Environment, Health Economics, Health Services, Immunology, Medical Genetics, Mental Health, Microbiology, Nutrition and Food Safety, Occupational Health, and Oral Health.
During this period we have published Original papers, Review Articles, Short communications, Case reports and Scientific Letters to the Editor on the above mentioned research areas.
This Journal is indexed and abstracted in: PubMed Central (PMC), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) by Thompson/ISI USA, EMBASE, Chemical Abstracts, SCOPUS, ASCI, Biological Abstracts, IMEMR, CABI Publishing, Index Copernicus, Medscape, VCU Library, Extra MED, DOAJ, Ovid Medline (R), Magiran, SID, Iran Medex and Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), EBSCO, CINAHL
From the beginning until now, the following persons have been in charge as the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief:
The late Prof. Shamsoddin MOFIDI (1971).
The late Prof. Mohammad Ali FAGHIH (From 1972–1975).
The late Prof. Norallah SOTOODEH (From 1976– 1980).
Professor Dariush D. Farhud (From 1981 until now).
From 2001, Prof. Mohammad Bagher ROKNI, has been engaging as the Editor and Manager of the journal. It is with great pleasure to appreciate the sincere cooperation of my colleague, from the begging until now but the present executive staff are as follows:
Mrs. Soraya AHADZADEH, MSc
Mrs. Taban DOBAREH, BSc
Mrs. Dr Ladan ROKNI, PhD
Mr. Mehdi MAHMOODI, PhD Candidate
Miss Negar BIZHANI, PhD Candidate
Miss Rezvan BIZHANI, BSc
It is hoped that with the sincere cooperation of university professors, health professionals and policy makers, the efforts of all members of the Editorial Board, authors, scholars and honorable referees, and finally the hard-working editorial team, to take firm and rapid steps to promote personal and social health, not only in our beloved homeland, Iran, but the whole region and the world.
I do believe that in future the journal will continue to show a worthy face of health and medical services in the country and abroad. The next generation will appreciate the efforts of all the actors and staff of the journal.