With the journal, we wish to create a platform for the exchange of scientific discoveries, professional experience and opinions on important public health topics. Contents, presented in the magazine, are aimed at researchers and professionals from the field of public health, policy makers on various managerial levels and project leaders who deal with population health. Editorial board is committed to creating a quality publication with the aim of enhancing science and expertise on interdisciplinary field of public health in Slovenia and abroad.
For more information, please send your questions to: javnozdravje@nijz.si. 

Current issue

Articles from current issue and the archive with previous issues are available here.

Editorial board

Editor in chief

Matej Vinko, National Institute of Public Health

Technical editor

Erna Bric, National Institute of Public Health

Editorial board

Mario Fafangel, National Institute of Public Health

Matjaž Krošel, National Institute of Public Health

Andreja Kukec, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine

Uršula Lipovec Čebron, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

Igor Locatelli, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy

Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, National Institute of Public Health

Bojan Musil, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts

Denis Opresnik, National Institute of Public Health

Mircha Poldrugovac, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Andreja Rafaelič, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Work

Špela Selak, National Institute of Public Health

Dalibor Stanimirović, National Institute of Public Health

Sonja Tomšič, National Institute of Public Health

Nataša Verk, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences

Mitja Vrdelja, National Institute of Public Health

Vesna Zadnik, Institute of Oncology

Instructions for the authors

Detailed instructions will be available here.

Which contents are relevant?

Original manuscripts from experts in the field of public health, clinical medicine, pharmacy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, law, economy and other sciences are accepted for peer-review. These contents should directly or indirectly address  population health. The main criteria for publishing is the contribution to understanding, maintaining and improving population health.  

Which types of manuscripts do we accept?

• Scientific articles
• Review articles
• Professional articles
• Discussion papers and letters to the editor

Peer-review procedure

Peer-review procedure is led by high professional and ethical standards. Independent professionals evaluate each contribution by double blind procedure – identity of the author is not known to the reviewer and vice versa. Public Health Perspectives aim for fast and author-friendly review process.

Submission of manuscripts

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the instructions. Send in your contributions via e-mail to javnozdravje@nijz.si. At the same time, send statements on authorship, which need to be signed personally, to: National Institute of Public Health, for Public Health Magazine, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana.

Statement on authorship will soon be available for download.