Journal of Epidemiology

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Epidemiology is an open-access, peer-reviewed international journal that publishes high-quality articles addressing a broad range of topics in epidemiology and social medicine pertaining to the health of populations worldwide. The breadth of the epidemiology field is reflected in the range of research articles and opinion pieces we publish, including descriptive, analytical, and interventional studies related to both communicable and non-communicable diseases and their determinants, systematic reviews/meta-analyses, epidemiological methods, and health services research. As the official international journal of the Japan Epidemiological Association, manuscripts are received from around the world, with about 60% of submissions coming from countries/regions outside Japan. The Journal of Epidemiology welcomes submissions from all regions of the world, including the Asia-Pacific region, and continuously strives to provide a balanced representation of impactful epidemiological research to its readership across diverse populations.

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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Subject Classification