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Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief
Swapan K. Roy, PhD, Bangaldesh Breastfeeding Foundation, Bangladesh
Orsolya Varga, PhD, University of Debrecen, Hungary
 

Section Editors
Duygu AÄŸagündüz, PhD, Gazi University, Türkiye
Haroon Ahmed, PhD, COMSATS University, Pakistan
Hirotsugu Aiga, PhD, Nagasaki University, Japan
Nasima Akhter, PhD, Teesside University, United Kingdom
Gulali Aktas, MD, Bolu Abant Ä°zzet Baysal UniversityTürkiye
Khurshid Alam, PhD, Murdoch University, Australia
Ammar Al-Farga, PhD, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Edward Ameyaw, PhD, Lingnan University, China
Amin Ansari, MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Giridhara R Babu, MBBS, PhD, Public Health Foundation of India, India
Ahmed Bakillah, PhD, Suny Downstate Medical Center, USA
Dee Bhakta, PhD, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Deepak Dhamnetiya, MBBS, PhD, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, India
Mai Do, MD, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, USA
Soheil Ebrahimpour, PhD, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Arnab Ghosh, PhD, Visva-Bharati University, India
Jalal Hejazi, PhD, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Muhammad Maqsud Hossain, PhD, North South University, Bangladesh
Boyen Huang, PhD, DDS, University of Minnesota, USA
Faisal Ismail, PhD, Tobruk University, Libya
Robel Hussen Kabthymer, MSc, Monash University, Australia
Mojtaba Keikha, MSc, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Faham Khamesipour, PhD, DVM, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, MD, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, India
Sandra López-Arana, PhD, University of Chile, Chile
Jimmy Louie, PhD, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Zheng Ma, PhD, University of the West of England, UK
Xikombiso Mbhenyane, PhD, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Mohammad Ali Mohsenpour, MPH, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Sharifa Nasreen, MD, PhD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, USA
Muhammad Imran Nisar, MBBS, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Gilbert Sterling Octavius, MD, Pelita Harapan University, Indonesia
Shabnam Omidvar, PhD, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Olutosin Otekunrin, PhD, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
Jalandhar Pradhan, PhD, National Institute of Technology, India 
Mehran Rahimlou, PhD, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Rumana Rois, PhD, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Himanshu Sekhar Rout, PhD, Utkal University, India
Seyi Soremekun, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Krishna Surapeneni, PhD, Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, India
Hon Lon Tam, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yukiko Wagatsuma, MD, DrPH, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Yong Zhao, MD, Chongqing Medical University, China

International Advisory Board
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, PhD, University of Tehran, Iran
Tasnim Azim, PhD, ICDDR,B, Bangladesh
Abbas Bhuiya, PhD, Retired Scholar, Bangladesh
Robert E Black, MD, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Jocalyn Clark, PhD, Unaffiliated Scholar, UK
Rita Colwell, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
William Greenough, MD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Demissie Habte, MD, Unaffiliated Scholar, Ethiopia
Terence Hull, PhD, The Australian National University, Australia
Claudio F Lanata, MD, International Nutrition Institute, Peru
Ruchira Naved, PhD, ICDDR,B, Bangladesh
Henry Perry, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Mahfuzar Rahman, MPH, ICDDR,B, Bangladesh
David Sack, MD, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Andrew Tomkins, OBE, MBBS, University College London, UK

Editors-in-Chief Emeritus
Abdullah H. Baqui, MBBS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA (2015-2022)
Simon Cousens, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK  (2016-2022)

Annual Journal Metrics

2022 Citation Impact
1.9 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.2 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.922 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.549 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

2023 Speed
10 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
137 days submission to accept (Median)

2023 Usage 
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Celebrating International Women's Day 2024

Read our Q&A with Editor-in-Chief Dr Orsolya Varga on women in STEM and how we can inspire a new generation.