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Eurosurveillance

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) · Sweden · Est. 1977

ISSN1560-7917

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.81

H-Indexi

173

SNIPi

1.883

Total Worksi

6,967

Total Citationsi

221,411

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Eurosurveillance publishes articles on communicable disease surveillance, prevention, and control, with a focus on European public health. It covers topics such as infectious diseases, laboratory research, diagnostics, and mathematical modelling. The journal also features articles on vaccination policies, knowledge, attitudes, and practices, as well as 'Euroroundups' that compare experiences across European countries.

General Information

Country / RegionSweden

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyQuarterly, 2004-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,967

Publisher OrgEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

OA Since1995

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1560-7917

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

275

8.9k

2019

280

36k

2020

251

13k

2021

252

8.7k

2022

244

2023

272

2024

242

1.1k

2025

148

132

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

Infectious DiseasesQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

MicrobiologyQ1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

VirologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

VirologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)MicrobiologyEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Influenza Virus Research StudiesRespiratory viral infections researchViral Infections and VectorsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesVaccine Coverage and HesitancyMosquito-borne diseases and controlSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyPneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Frequently asked questions about Eurosurveillance

Is Eurosurveillance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Eurosurveillance: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Eurosurveillance?

Eurosurveillance 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 7.19.

Is Eurosurveillance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Eurosurveillance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.