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Frontiers in Epidemiology is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing knowledge on the distribution, drivers, and prevention of disease in human populations.

To strengthen evidencebased public health practice and disease prevention by providing an openaccess global platform for epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and public health researchers.

About the journal

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Editors

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Tobias Kurth

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Germany

Editor-in-Chief

Anna Kucharska-Newton

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Aging and Life-course Epidemiology

Emily C Somers

University of Michigan

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Epidemiology of Autoimmune Diseases

Eva S Schernhammer

Medical University of Vienna

Austria

Specialty Chief Editor

Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Prevention

Glinda Cooper

Retired

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Epidemiology of Autoimmune Diseases

Lin Yang

Alberta Health Services

Canada

Specialty Chief Editor

Clinical Epidemiology

Patrick Kwan

Van Cleef Roet Centre for Nervous Diseases, Monash University

Australia

Specialty Chief Editor

Neurological and Mental Health Epidemiology

132 editors · 0 reviewers

Articles

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Research topics

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About the journal

Scope

The scope encompasses infectious disease dynamics, cancer epidemiology, cardiovascular and metabolic disease epidemiology, social and environmental determinants of health, genetic and molecular epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, causal inference, and life-course epidemiology.

Aims

To strengthen evidence-based public health practice and disease prevention by providing an open-access global platform for epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and public health researchers.

ISSN
2674-1199
Editor-in-Chief
Sandro Galea
Established
2021
Subject area
Epidemiology & Public Health

Sections

  • Aging and Life-course Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/aging-and-life-course-epidemiology

  • Cardiovascular Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/cardiovascular-epidemiology

  • Clinical Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/clinical-epidemiology

  • Epidemiology of Autoimmune Diseases

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/epidemiology-of-autoimmune-diseases

  • Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Prevention

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/epidemiology-of-chronic-diseases-and-prevention

  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/infectious-disease-epidemiology

  • Neurological and Mental Health Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/neurological-and-mental-health-epidemiology

  • Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/occupational-and-environmental-epidemiology

  • Research Methods and Advances in Epidemiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/epidemiology/sections/research-methods-and-advances-in-epidemiology

Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Brief Research Report
  • Clinical Trial
  • Perspective
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Policy and Practice Reviews
  • Opinion
  • Editorial

Fees and currencies

  • Article Processing Charges (APCs) apply to support open-access publishing. Frontiers provides waivers and institutional support for eligible authors.

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

Fees and waivers policy

Editorial policies

Journal Policies

  • Open Access: Published under the Creative Commons CC-BY license, enabling free access and unrestricted distribution with proper attribution.
  • Peer Review: Collaborative, transparent, and rigorous peer review conducted by experts in epidemiology and public health methodology.
  • Publication Ethics: Adheres strictly to international ethical guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Instructions for authors

Author Guidelines

  • Manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English.
  • References and citations must conform to Frontiers standard format (author-date or numerical depending on the section).
  • Observational cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies should follow STROBE reporting guidelines; clinical trials should adhere to CONSORT standards.
  • Institutional review board (IRB) approval, participant consent protocols, sampling schemes, and statistical power/analytic methods must be fully documented.
  • Mandatory disclosure of data availability and conflict of interest statements.

Journal metrics

Citation score
3.5
Impact indicator
0.65
Articles
50
Total views
0
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0
Citations
1,669

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
2.9
CiteScore
3.5
Citations
1669
Acceptance rate
33
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-21.