Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Last updated ISSN 0141-7681
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health is published by BMJ in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Global Maternal and Child Health
Key facts
| Publisher | BMJ |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0141-7681, 0142-467X, 0143-005X, 1470-2738 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 11,703 |
| Publishing since | 1947 |
| Journal website | jech.bmj.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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