International Journal of Epidemiology

International Journal of Epidemiology is the journal of the International Epidemiological Association, published by Oxford University Press since 1972 and online only since 2024, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.7.《国际流行病学杂志》（International Journal of Epidemiology）为（International Epidemiological Association）的会刊，自 1972 年起由（Oxford University Press）出版，2024 年起转为纯在线，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.7。

Scope

• Epidemiological methods and study design are central, including causal inference, Mendelian randomisation, directed acyclic graphs and interrupted time series.流行病学方法与研究设计是核心，包括因果推断、孟德尔随机化、有向无环图与中断时间序列。
• Social epidemiology and health inequalities are treated as substantive fields rather than as covariates.社会流行病学与健康不平等被视为实质研究领域，而非协变量。
• Non-communicable disease aetiology, life-course epidemiology and the developmental origins of health are long-running strengths.慢性病病因学、生命历程流行病学与健康发育起源，是长期优势方向。
• Infectious disease epidemiology and global health, particularly research conducted in low- and middle-income settings, are actively sought.传染病流行病学与全球健康，尤其是在中低收入环境中开展的研究，为期刊积极争取的方向。
• Environmental and occupational epidemiology, including climate, air pollution and heat, is a growing strand.环境与职业流行病学，包括气候、空气污染与高温，是不断增长的方向。
• Genetic and molecular epidemiology, and the use of large cohort and biobank resources, are regularly represented.遗传与分子流行病学，以及大型队列与生物样本库资源的利用，常见于刊物。
• Cohort profiles, data resource papers, statistical tutorials, commentaries and education pieces sit alongside original research.队列简介、数据资源论文、统计教程、评论与教育类文章，与原创研究并列刊发。

History

• The journal was founded in 1972 by the International Epidemiological Association to give the field an international outlet.本刊于 1972 年由（International Epidemiological Association）创办，旨在为该领域提供国际发表平台。
• Its first editor was Walter W. Holland, who argued that local journals left epidemiological work inaccessible to foreign readers.首任主编 Walter W. Holland 认为，地方性期刊使流行病学成果难以为国外读者所见。
• Later editors were A.E. Bennett, Charles du Ve Florey, Peter O.D. Pharoah, then George Davey Smith and Shah Ebrahim, and from 2017 Stephen Leeder with Alistair Woodward.其后历任主编为 A.E. Bennett、Charles du Ve Florey、Peter O.D. Pharoah，继而由 George Davey Smith 与 Shah Ebrahim 共同担任，2017 年起为 Stephen Leeder 与 Alistair Woodward。
• The journal became online only in 2024, ending the arrangement in which papers appeared online before print issues.期刊于 2024 年转为纯在线出版，结束了先在线、后汇编纸本期的旧制。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.7, after 5.9 in 2024, 9.685 in 2022 and 7.196 in 2021.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.7，2024 年为 5.9，2022 年为 9.685，2021 年为 7.196。
• In 2022 the journal received 1,533 submissions and published 253 papers, with most triage decisions reached within two weeks.2022 年期刊收到 1533 篇投稿、刊出 253 篇，多数初筛决定在两周内作出。

Editors

• Jose Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes of the University of Sao Paulo School of Public Health and Marco A. Peres of Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore were announced by the association as editors-in-chief.圣保罗大学公共卫生学院的 Jose Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes 与新加坡杜克-国大医学院的 Marco A. Peres 经学会宣布出任共同主编。
• Antunes studies the measurement and social determinants of health inequalities, while Peres works on oral health policy, health services and life-course epidemiology.Antunes 研究健康不平等的测量与社会决定因素，Peres 研究口腔卫生政策、卫生服务与生命历程流行病学。
• The editorial board numbers about fifty and has been deliberately broadened beyond high-income countries.编委会约五十人，并有意识地向高收入国家之外扩展。
• The proportion of women on the board rose from 14 per cent in 2016 to 33 per cent by 2023.编委会中女性比例由 2016 年的 14% 升至 2023 年的 33%。
• A mentoring scheme pairs junior colleagues with board members as trainee editors.期刊设有导师计划，由编委带教青年同行担任实习编辑。
• IJEblog publishes shorter, accessible pieces that place epidemiological findings in context for non-specialist readers.（IJEblog）刊发更简短易读的文章，为非同专业读者交代流行病学发现的背景。