Health & Place


Health & Place is a bimonthly peer-reviewed public [health journal] covering research on the relationship between geographic location and health. It was established in 1995 and is published by Elsevier. The co-editors-in-chief are Valorie Crooks and Michael J. Widener.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:
  • 2024–present: Valorie Crooks and Michael J. Widener
  • 2014–2024: Jamie Pearce
  • 1995–2014: Graham Moon

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in CINAHL, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, GEOBASE, Social [Sciences Citation Index], PsycINFO, and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 4.8.