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Epidemiology

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1979

ISSN1531-5487
SJR Q1WOS SCIEWOS SSCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.406
H-Indexi
250
SNIPi
1.604
Total Worksi
15,786
Total Citationsi
369,123
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.08
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Epidemiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1979
FrequencySix No. A Year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications15,786
Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1531-5487
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

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.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
601
5.3k
2019
291
3.4k
2020
268
3.6k
2021
124
2k
2022
270
1.2k
2023
283
709
2024
275
167
2025
136
27
2026

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

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EpidemiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Epidemiology

Is Epidemiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Epidemiology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Epidemiology?

Epidemiology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.08.

Is Epidemiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Epidemiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Epidemiology?

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Epidemiology.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref