European Journal of Epidemiology

Aims & Scope

European Journal of Epidemiology, published for the first time in 1985, serves as a forum on epidemiology in the broadest sense.

It is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to all fields of epidemiologic research and to epidemiologic and statistical methods.

EJE promotes communication among those engaged in research, teaching and application of epidemiology, including those who practice clinical or community medicine.

The Journal encourages contributions from a wide variety of fields, including public health, preventive medicine, clinical medicine, health economics, and computational biology and data science applied to health and disease.

EJE publishes empirical research findings, methodological developments and opinion articles from as broad a geographical origin as possible, with some focus, but certainly not exclusive, on European topics of relevance for epidemiology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.9
2024	7.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.241

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	147

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	624

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2687

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Critical evaluation of the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for the assessment of the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses

  Citation: 13338

  Authors: Andreas

• Interpreting findings from Mendelian randomization using the MR-Egger method

  Citation: 3534

  Authors: Stephen, Simon G.

• The Danish Civil Registration System as a tool in epidemiology

  Citation: 2776

  Authors: Morten, Lars, Henrik Toft

• Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations

  Citation: 2225

  Authors: Sander, Stephen J., Kenneth J., John B., Charles, Steven N., Douglas G.

• The Swedish personal identity number: possibilities and pitfalls in healthcare and medical research

  Citation: 1909

  Authors: Jonas F., Petra, Birgitta U., Anders

• Using published data in Mendelian randomization: a blueprint for efficient identification of causal risk factors

  Citation: 1432

  Authors: Stephen, Robert A., Nicholas J., George, Simon G.

• Vaccine hesitancy: the next challenge in the fight against COVID-19

  Citation: 1417

  Authors: Amiel A., Netanel, Shahar, Nicole G., Matti, Asaf, Samer, Eyal

• Registers of the Swedish total population and their use in medical research

  Citation: 1292

  Authors: Jonas F., Catarina, Anna-Karin Edstedt, Rickard, Karl, Martin, Olof, Weimin

• Calculating measures of biological interaction

  Citation: 1216

  Authors: Tomas, Lars, Henrik, Slobodan, Anders

• Principles of confounder selection

  Citation: 1093

  Authors: Tyler J.

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