European Journal of Epidemiology explained

European Journal of Epidemiology
Cover:	European Journal of Epidemiology.jpg
Discipline:	Epidemiology
Abbreviation:	Eur. J. Epidemiol.
Editor:	Albert Hofman
Publisher:	Springer Science+Business Media
Frequency:	Monthly
History:	1985–present
Impact:	8.082
Impact-Year:	2020
Openaccess:	Hybrid
Website:	https://www.springer.com/10654
Link2:	https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10654
Link2-Name:	Online archive
Oclc:	740959212
Issn:	0393-2990
Eissn:	1573-7284

The European Journal of Epidemiology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases and their control. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Albert Hofman (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health). The journal was established in 1985 with Antiono Sanna as founding editor.^[1]

Editors-in-chief

Sanna served as editor for 6 years, until 1992. He was succeeded by Carlo Chezzi (1992–1994),^[2] after which Claude Hannoun took over (1994–2002). Hannoun changed the direction of the journal, expanding the scope to include population health and non-communicable diseases.^[3] Finally, Albert Hofman became editor in 2002.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 6.529.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Sanna . A. . Editorial . European Journal of Epidemiology . March 2002 . 18 . 3 . 189 . 10.1023/A:1023395418979. 215528465 .
2. Chezzi . Carlo . Editorial note . European Journal of Epidemiology . March 1992 . 8 . 2 . iii . 10.1007/BF00144795. 37022752 .
3. Hannoun . Claude . Editorial . European Journal of Epidemiology . February 1994 . 10 . 1 . 1 . 10.1007/BF01717443. 263983097 .
4. Book: 2018 Journal Citation Reports . Journal Citation Reports . . 2019 . Science . . European Journal of Epidemiology.