Frontiers in Public Health

Academic journal

Frontiers in Public HealthLanguage| English

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Edited by| Paolo Vineis
Publication details
History| 2013–present
Publisher|

Frontiers Media S.A.

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ISO 4| Front. Public Health
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ISSN| 2296-2565 (print)
2296-2565 (web)

Frontiers in Public Health is a multidisciplinary open-access journal that is published online by Frontiers Media. The journal covers “occupational, mental and reproductive health, medicine and social policy, epidemiology, rehabilitation, obesity, family and social issues, quality of life and public health education and promotion.”[1] It is based in Switzerland.[2]

## Controversy

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Main article: Frontiers Media § Controversies

In late September 2014, Frontiers in Public Health published a controversial article that supported HIV denialism; three days later the publisher issued a statement of concern and announced an investigation into the review process of the article.[3] It was eventually decided that the article would not be retracted but instead was reclassified as an opinion piece.[4] It has since been retracted.[5]

In November 2016, a paper in Frontiers in Public Health linking vaccines to autism was provisionally-accepted, then retracted. Public criticism noted the paper relied on flawed methodology for reliable results, basing its conclusions only on an online questionnaire, filled in by 415 mothers of school children who self-reported whether their children had neurodevelopmental disorders, and their vaccination status.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Frontiers in Public Health | Journal Report". reports.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
2. ^ "Frontiers in Public Health". www.scimagojr.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
3. ^ "Publisher issues statement of concern about HIV denial paper, launches investigation". Retraction Watch. 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
4. ^ Ferguson, Cat (24 February 2015). "Frontiers lets HIV denial article stand, reclassifies it as "opinion"". Retraction Watch.
5. ^ Goodson, P. (2014). "Questioning the HIV-AIDS hypothesis: 30 years of dissent". Frontiers in Public Health. 2: 154. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2014.00154. PMC 4172096. PMID 25695040. (Retracted, see doi:10.3389/fpubh.2019.00334, PMID 31720286,  Retraction Watch)
6. ^ Chawla, Dalmeet Singh (2016-11-28). "Study linking vaccines to autism pulled following heavy criticism". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

## External links

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* Official website
* National Institutes of Health archive