Epidemiology

pISSN: 1044-3983eISSN: 1531-5487• JCR: EPIDEMIOLOGYLippincott Williams & WilkinsUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

4.4

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

No change vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    4.4
  2. Metric year 2024

    4.4

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHSCIE, SSCIQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Epidemiology current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Environmental Science

Ranked #479 in Environmental Science by impact factor and #431 among Q1 Environmental Science journals. This context helps compare Epidemiology against journals publishing in the same field.

#479
of 2,765 field journals

Epidemiology publication trend

Published 974 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.4.

2026 vs 2025: -259
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Journal Details

Total Articles
15,785
H-Index
249
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisStatistics and ProbabilityHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Article Volume

2022
124
2023
270
2024
283
2025
278
2026
19
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