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Global Epidemiology

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN2590-1133

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.837

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.255

Total Works

252

Total Citations

1,963

2yr Mean Citedness

2.17

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on global health issues, including adolescent health behaviors in the Caribbean, vaccine safety in Indonesia, malnutrition in Africa, hypertension management in Ethiopia, mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, double burden of malnutrition in Bangladesh, vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of Congo, physical activity interventions in Ghana, overweight and obesity among diabetic patients in Uganda, antenatal care in Ghana, bias analysis in cancer research, statistical methods for low-power studies, healthcare access for migrants in Morocco, drug prescription networks in the Netherlands, and evaluation of prediction models using the Brier score.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications252

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~10 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2590-1133

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

EpidemiologyQ2

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 epidemiological studiesAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesAir Quality and Health ImpactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthClimate Change and Health ImpactsHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life