Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is a monthly peer-reviewed public health journal that covers all aspects of epidemiology and public health. It is published by the BMJ Group.

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Discipline	Public health, epidemiology
Language	English
Edited by	Martin Bobak, James R. Dunn
Publication details
Former name(s)	British Journal of Social Medicine, British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Community Health
History	1947-present
Publisher	BMJ Group
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	4.9 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Epidemiol. Community Health
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	JECHDR
ISSN	0143-005X (print) 1470-2738 (web)
OCLC no.	05385322
British Journal of Social Medicine
ISSN	0366-0842
British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine
ISSN	0007-1242
Epidemiology and Community Health
ISSN	0142-467X
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

History

The journal was established in 1947 by John Ryle, "one of the most distinguished figures in contemporary medicine".^[1] It has been published under various titles:^[2]

• 1947–1952: British Journal of Social Medicine
• 1953–1977: British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine
• 1978: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
• March 1979: Epidemiology and Community Health
• June 1979–present: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and Current Contents. The journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.9.^[3]