International Journal of Epidemiology

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Volume 46 Issue 6 December 2017

Impact Factor

7.738

5 year Impact Factor

9.804

Editor-in-Chief
Stephen Leeder

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The International Journal of Epidemiology is an essential requirement for anyone who needs to keep up to date with epidemiological advances and new developments throughout the world …

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International Journal of Epidemiology covers epidemiological advances and new developments throughout the world, you can see a selection of our articles along with the press coverage they have received as part of a free online collection.

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IJE Top Altmetric 2017

Read the top scoring article on Altmetric for IJE of the year so far:

Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality–a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

IEA appoints new Editor-in-Chief

Stephen Leeder, Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE) from January 2017.

As of midnight on 31 July 2016, all newly submitted material is to be reviewed and processed by the new Editor-in-Chief of the IJE, Stephen J. Leeder and his editorial team, find out more here.

Latest articles

Curbing the hepatitis C virus epidemic in Pakistan: the impact of scaling up treatment and prevention for achieving elimination

Identifying ‘corridors of HIV transmission’ in a severely affected rural South African population: a case for a shift toward targeted prevention strategies

Associations between key intervention coverage and child mortality: an analysis of 241 sub-national regions of sub-Saharan Africa

Mendelian randomization with Egger pleiotropy correction and weakly informative Bayesian priors

Rapidly increasing body mass index among children, adolescents and young adults in a transitioning population, South Africa, 2008–15

Editor's Choice

Sun exposure and longevity: a blunder involving immortal time

Smoking and lung cancer: causality, Cornfield and an early observational meta-analysis

Intergenerational influences on health: how far back do we have to go?

Ideology with evidence: global warming, maps and ethics

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Spatial quantification of the world population potentially exposed to Zika virus: how many people are in danger

Causality in Epidemiology – Themed issue

Exposure to physical assault is associated with premature mortality in Russian men

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About IEA

The IEA aim to facilitate communication amongst those engaged in research and teaching of epidemiology throughout the world, and to encourage its use in all fields of health including social, community and preventative medicine.

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