The European Journal of Epidemiology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases and their control. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Albert Hofman (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health). The journal was established in 1985 with Antiono Sanna as founding editor.[1]
Discipline | Epidemiology |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Albert Hofman |
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History | 1985–present |
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Frequency | Monthly |
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8.082 (2020) | |
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ISO 4 | Eur. J. Epidemiol. |
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ISSN | 0393-2990 (print) 1573-7284 (web) |
OCLC no. | 740959212 |
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Sanna served as editor for 6 years, until 1992. He was succeeded by Carlo Chezzi (1992–1994),[2] after which Claude Hannoun took over (1994–2002). Hannoun changed the direction of the journal, expanding the scope to include population health and non-communicable diseases.[3] Finally, Albert Hofman became editor in 2002.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 6.529.[9]