About

Acceptance rate:

Time to first decision with review:

82 days*

Time from acceptance to publication:

18 days*

Impact Factor (JCR):

4.9

Citescore:

11.1

SciMago journal rank:

2.091

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How we get these metrics

*median number of days

Aims and scope

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is a truly international journal that encompasses all aspects of epidemiology and public health. It publishes original research, opinions and materials concerned with the study and improvement of communities worldwide.

For information about Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health’s joint Editors-in-Chief, and their editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.

Plan S compliance

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.

Journal information

Ownership

JECH is owned by BMJ

Publication Model

Subscription; with hybrid open access option

Frequency

Monthly

Launch date

1947

Digital Archives

Portico, LOCKSS

Indexed by

Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Extended, Social Sciences Citation Index; BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents: Clinical Medicine, Life Sciences, Social and Behavioural Sciences; MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), CINAHL, Google Scholar

Peer Review Model

Single anonymised; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author

Print ISSN

0143-005X

Online ISSN

1470-2738

Journal Statistics 2024

Acceptance rate: 9%

Speed Time to first decision with review: 8 days (median) Time to first decision without review: 82 days (median) Time from acceptance to publication: 18 days (median)

Impact Impact Factor category: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Impact Factor (JCR): 4.9 Impact Factor rank: 36/403 5 year Impact Factor: 4.7 Journal Citation Indicator: 1.53 Eigenfactor: 0.01268 Citescore: 11.1 Citescore rank: 33/665 Scimago Journal Rank (SJR): 2.091

Reach Total content views: 850,819 Total Altmetric mentions: 6,571

The impact that academic research has cannot be defined by one single metric. In 2013, BMJ signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). We did this to show our support for using multiple measures and metrics to portray journals’ impact; moving away from the Impact Factor as a single measure. How we get these metrics

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BMJ is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting transparent, accurate reporting of research studies. BMJ is a sponsor of its activities.

BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.