Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (commonly abbreviated as ''Epidemiol. Psychiatr. Sci.') is a peer-reviewed journal in psychiatry and epidemiology published by Cambridge University Press. It was founded in Italy in 1992 as Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, took its present title in 2010, and has been fully open access since 2020.Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences（常用缩写 Epidemiol. Psychiatr. Sci.）是由 剑桥大学出版社（Cambridge University Press）出版的精神病学与流行病学领域同行评审期刊，前身是 1992 年在意大利创刊的 Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale，2010 年改为现名，自 2020 年起转为完全开放获取。

Scope

According to the aims and scope published by the publisher, the journal provides updated data and scientific information to epidemiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, statisticians and other research and mental health workers primarily concerned with public health, epidemiological and social psychiatry, giving priority to highly relevant and innovative research articles and systematic reviews.根据出版方公布的收录说明，该刊为流行病学家、精神科医师心理学家、统计学家及其他公共卫生与流行病学及社会精神病学工作者提供更新的数据与科学信息，优先刊发高度相关且具创新性的原创研究论文与系统综述。^[1]

• Public health and policy: public mental health and policy, including advocacy and legislative action and the evidence base that supports them.公共卫生与政策： 关注促进心理健康、预防精神障碍的公共卫生干预与政策研究，包括倡导行动与相关立法的证据基础。
• Mental health services research: studies of mental health service delivery and health systems aimed at improving the quality of everyday practice, including their cost-effectiveness.心理健康服务研究： 刊发以改进日常临床实践质量为目的的服务研究、服务体系研究及其成本效益分析。
• Epidemiological and social psychiatry: the epidemiology, aetiology and natural history of mental disorders, together with the influence of social, cultural and economic determinants on mental health.流行病学与社会精神病学： 涵盖精神障碍的流行病学、病因学与自然史研究，以及社会、文化与经济因素对精神健康的影响。
• Prevention of mental disorders: work on the role of prevention in reducing the burden of mental illness, including evaluations of the effectiveness of prevention programmes.精神障碍的预防： 强调预防在降低疾病负担中的作用，欢迎评估预防项目有效性的研究。
• Methodological emphasis: authors are encouraged to adopt transparent and reproducible methods, and the journal has devoted editorials to promoting a culture of data sharing.方法学取向： 鼓励采用透明、可复现的方法，期刊曾专门刊发推动数据共享文化的编者按，并邀集国际同行就数据共享进行讨论。

The journal is owned, managed and published in full by the publisher, moved to a fully open-access format in January 2020, and publishes articles online as they are accepted rather than holding them for a fixed issue schedule. Manuscripts are accepted after peer review.该刊由出版方完全拥有、管理与发行，2020 年 1 月起改为完全开放获取模式，文章以在线连续出版方式首发而非等待固定刊期，稿件经同行评审后录用。

History

• 1992: the journal was founded in Italy as Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale by Michele Tansella, who served as its first Editor-in-Chief. The editorial in the opening issue was written in Italian and argued for the growth of epidemiological psychiatry as a discipline.1992年： 期刊在意大利创刊，初名 Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale，由 Michele Tansella 创办并任首任主编，卷首社论以意大利文发表，倡言以流行病学方法推进社会精神病学的发展。
• 1992 to 2010: the journal appeared under its Italian title from volume 1 to volume 19, with its remit gradually widening from epidemiological psychiatry to public health and social research.1992年至2010年： 期刊以意大利文刊名刊行，卷期为第 1 卷至第 19 卷，主题逐步由流行病精神病学扩展至公共卫生与社会研究。
• 2010 to 2011: the journal adopted the English title Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences and became an international title accepting contributions in English only. Its green cover was chosen to convey hope, health and renewal, and the new title took formal effect from volume 20 in 2011.2010年至2011年： 期刊改用英文刊名 Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences，改为仅接受英文投稿、面向国际读者，绿色封面寓意希望、健康与更新，此名自第 20 卷（2011 年）起正式使用。
• 2015: the publication frequency was changed to six issues a year, appearing in February, April, June, August, October and December.2015年： 出版频率改为每年六期，通常在二、四、六、八、十与十二月出版。
• 2020 to present: the journal moved to a fully open-access format in January 2020, and its content is deposited in digital archives such as CLOCKSS and Portico to guarantee long-term preservation.2020年至今： 自 2020 年 1 月起改为完全开放获取出版，所有卷期均收录 CLOCKSS 与 Portico 等数字存档以保证长期保存。

Editors

The journal has a single Editor-in-Chief supported by associate editors and a large international editorial board, with the board organised in two tiers of advisory and formal members. Manuscripts undergo peer review and acceptance is decided by the Editor-in-Chief, while associate editors run the day-to-day editorial process.期刊设主编一人，另有副主编与规模较大的国际编委会，稿件经同行评审后由主编决定录用，副主编负责日常编辑流程，编委按咨询委员会与正式编委两层设置。

• Corrado Barbui is the current Editor-in-Chief, based at the University of Verona in Italy, and also edits the section on epidemiology for clinical psychopharmacology.Corrado Barbui：现任主编，任职于 维罗纳大学（University of Verona，意大利），同时担任临床精神药理学流行病学专栏的责任编辑。
• Michele Tansella, the founding Editor-in-Chief, established the journal in 1992 and led its editorial work for many years, and published the note describing the journal's transition in 2010.Michele Tansella：创刊主编，1992 年创办该刊并长期主持编务，2010 年期刊转型时以首任主编身份刊出说明文章。
• Associate editors: the board includes several associate editors based in Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa and Australia, who organise and triage submissions.副主编： 编委中设有多位副主编，涵盖意大利、英国、美国、南非与澳大利亚等地，负责稿件的组织与初审。
• Board composition: the advisory and editorial boards bring together researchers from universities and clinical institutions in Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States, India, China, South Africa and Australia, with dedicated editors for epidemiology, social psychiatry and services research.编委会构成： 正式编委与咨询委员会汇集了来自意大利、英国、德国、荷兰、瑞士、美国、印度、中国、南非与澳大利亚等国的高校与临床机构研究者，另设流行病学、社会精神病学与服务研究等专题编辑。^[2]