Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Epidemiology
ISSN 1044-3983 · eISSN 1531-5487 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1990
Epidemiology: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.25; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 275 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Epidemiology is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, together about 34.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Epidemiology publishes original research from all fields of epidemiology. The journal also welcomes review articles and meta-analyses, novel hypotheses, descriptions and applications of new methods, and discussions of research theory or public health policy. We give special consideration to papers from developing countries.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Sonja SwansonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science20.8%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science8.2%
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics5.8%
- Health, Environment, Cognitive AgingEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Air Quality Monitoring and ForecastingEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Noise Effects and ManagementHealth Professions4.2%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine4%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH · rank 60/443
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.25LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 155LetPub ·
- h-index
- 252OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,742OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 85LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 15,899 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 145 | 40 | 36 |
| 2025 | 275 | 74 | 191 |
| 2024 | 283 | 80 | 745 |
| 2023 | 270 | 86 | 1,253 |
| 2022 | 124 | 84 | 2,031 |
| 2021 | 268 | 97 | 3,672 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1044-3983
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-5487
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Epidemiology
What CAS zone is Epidemiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Epidemiology is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Epidemiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.25; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 252.
How long does peer review take at Epidemiology?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Epidemiology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Q1 (60/443). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Which databases index Epidemiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Epidemiology is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Epidemiology open access, and what is the APC?
Epidemiology is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .