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Epidemiology and Health

KOREAN SOC EPIDEMIOLOGY · South Korea · Est. 1953

ISSN2092-7193eISSN2092-7193

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

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

122

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 102d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.895

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.935

Total Worksi

1,079

Total Citationsi

23,012

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Epidemiology and Health (epi H) is an electronic journal publishing papers in all areas of epidemiology and public health. It is indexed on PubMed Central and the scope is wide-ranging: including descriptive, analytical and molecular epidemiology; primary preventive measures; screening approaches and secondary prevention; clinical epidemiology; and all aspects of communicable and non-communicable diseases prevention. The epi H publishes original research, and also welcomes review articles and meta-analyses, cohort profiles and data profiles, epidemic and case investigations, descriptions and applications of new methods, and discussions of research theory or public health policy. We give special consideration to papers from developing countries. All of the papers published are freely available as pdf files downloadable from “ http://www.e-epih.org/ , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1392/ ” directly or through PubMed.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

Annual Volume~ 88 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,079

Publisher OrgKorean Society of Epidemiology

OA Since2008

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~4 weeks

Acceptance Rate8%

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

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KOREAN SOC EPIDEMIOLOGY

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2092-7193 / 2092-7193

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

PMC

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.3k

2019

3.1k

2020

102

1.7k

2021

122

1.3k

2022

104

884

2023

345

2024

2025

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

EpidemiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 epidemiological studiesHealth and Wellbeing ResearchNutritional Studies and DietGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsHealth disparities and outcomesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthNutrition, Health and Food BehaviorSmoking Behavior and CessationChronic Disease Management Strategies

Frequently asked questions about Epidemiology and Health

Is Epidemiology and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Epidemiology and Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Epidemiology and Health?

Epidemiology and Health 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 1.88.

Is Epidemiology and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Epidemiology and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Epidemiology and Health?

What is the acceptance rate of Epidemiology and Health?

Epidemiology and Health lists a self-reported acceptance rate of approximately 8%. Journal-reported figures can be optimistic — treat it as a rough guide, not a guarantee.