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Global Epidemiology

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN2590-1133

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.691

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.255

Total Worksi

252

Total Citationsi

1,963

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

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, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

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

Citations received

134

2019

719

2020

265

2021

334

2022

318

2023

175

2024

132

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Global Epidemiology

Is Global Epidemiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Epidemiology: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Global Epidemiology?

Global Epidemiology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.691.

Is Global Epidemiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Epidemiology is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Global Epidemiology?