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''Eurosurveillance'' is a leading independent European scientific journal devoted to the epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases.<br /> ''Eurosurveillance'' is an open-access journal, free of charge both for readers and authors. The journal currently has more than 13,000 electronic subscribers, and the paper edition is printed in 6,000 copies. All articles from the beginning of the journal - are available on the Eurosurveillance website (www.eurosurveillance.org).
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'''''Eurosurveillance''''' is an [[open-access]] [[medical journal]] covering [[epidemiology]], surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases with a focus on topics relevant for Europe. The journal is a non-profit publication and is published by the [[European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosurveillance.org/about |title=About us |website=Eurosurveillance |access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Editorial team Collective|date=2005|title=Production of Eurosurveillance to be shared with the ECDC|journal=Eurosurveillance |volume=10 |issue=35 |doi=10.2807/esw.10.35.02784-en|doi-access=free}}</ref>


==History==
The journal is jointly funded by the [[European Commission]], the Réseau national de santé publique (later, [[Institut de Veille Sanitaire]] now {{interlanguage link|Agence nationale de santé publique|fr}}) in Paris, France, and the Public Health Laboratory Service (later, [[Health Protection Agency]] and [[Public Health England]] now [[UK Health Security Agency]]) in London, England, and a pilot issue was published in 1995. In 2005, collaboration started with the newly established [[European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control]] (ECDC) in Stockholm and a weekly epidemiological bulletin was published. Two years later, in 2007, the journal was transferred entirely to ECDC, which has published it since. Karl Ekdahl became the newly appointed [[editor-in-chief]] in 2008 and since 2011, Ines Steffens has been editor-in-chief of the journal.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last=Nicoll |first=A |date=2011 |title=Eurosurveillance - fifteen years of serving Europe |journal=Eurosurveillance |volume=16 |issue=45 |doi=10.2807/ese.16.45.20015-en |pmid=22114974 |doi-access=free }}</ref>


== History ==
==Publishing model==
Since its beginning, the journal is an open access online journal that does not charge article processing fees. The journal's website does not host any form of commercial advertisement.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosurveillance.org/disclaimer |title=Disclaimer |website=Eurosurveillance |access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref>


==Abstracting and indexing==
The journal was founded in 1995 and until March 2007 co-funded by the European Commission, the Institut de Veille Sanitaire in Paris (InVS), France and the [[Health Protection Agency]] (HPA) in London, United Kingdom. Of the two editorial offices, the French team at InVS published in-depth articles online every month, while the team at the HPA published short articles, often preliminary reports of outbreak investigations, online every week. Most articles were also published in a quarterly paper print compilation.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in [[PubMed]]/[[MEDLINE]], [[Scopus]], [[Embase]], and [[EBSCO Publishing|EBSCO databases]].


==Metrics and impact==
As of March 2007, ''Eurosurveillance'' has been published by the [[European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control]] (ECDC) in Stockholm, Sweden, home of the current editorial team. From January 2008 the journal became a weekly online publication, with both rapid communications and news and longer in-depth research articles and surveillance and outbreak reports. As before, most articles are also published in a quarterly paper print compilation. In addition, e-alerts are sometimes released on events that need to be urgently communicated to the readers for rapid public health action.
According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2021 [[impact factor]] of 21.286.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2022 |chapter=Eurosurveillance |title=2021 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>


==Scientific seminars==
In 2007, 174 short, fast-track articles and news items were published in the weekly edition and 80 long articles in the monthly edition. All articles are put through a rigorous peer-review process, and are indexed by PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus databasis.
Since 2011, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary, the journal has been holding annual scientific seminars at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Invited speakers are public health experts and scientists; the seminars aim to stimulate a discussion about public-health-related scientific developments.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosurveillance.org/seminar |title=Scientific seminars |website=Eurosurveillance |access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}

[[Category:Epidemiology journals]]
[[Category:Academic journals established in 1995]]
[[Category:Weekly journals]]
[[Category:English-language journals]]

Latest revision as of 01:09, 27 April 2023

Eurosurveillance
DisciplineEpidemiology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byInes Steffens
Publication details
History1995–present
Publisher
FrequencyWeekly
Yes
21.286 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Eurosurveillance
Indexing
ISSN1025-496X (print)
1560-7917 (web)
OCLC no.474084452
Links

Eurosurveillance is an open-access medical journal covering epidemiology, surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases with a focus on topics relevant for Europe. The journal is a non-profit publication and is published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.[1][2]

History[edit]

The journal is jointly funded by the European Commission, the Réseau national de santé publique (later, Institut de Veille Sanitaire now Agence nationale de santé publique [fr]) in Paris, France, and the Public Health Laboratory Service (later, Health Protection Agency and Public Health England now UK Health Security Agency) in London, England, and a pilot issue was published in 1995. In 2005, collaboration started with the newly established European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm and a weekly epidemiological bulletin was published. Two years later, in 2007, the journal was transferred entirely to ECDC, which has published it since. Karl Ekdahl became the newly appointed editor-in-chief in 2008 and since 2011, Ines Steffens has been editor-in-chief of the journal.[3]

Publishing model[edit]

Since its beginning, the journal is an open access online journal that does not charge article processing fees. The journal's website does not host any form of commercial advertisement.[1][4]

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, and EBSCO databases.

Metrics and impact[edit]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 21.286.[5]

Scientific seminars[edit]

Since 2011, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary, the journal has been holding annual scientific seminars at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Invited speakers are public health experts and scientists; the seminars aim to stimulate a discussion about public-health-related scientific developments.[3][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About us". Eurosurveillance. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  2. ^ Editorial team Collective (2005). "Production of Eurosurveillance to be shared with the ECDC". Eurosurveillance. 10 (35). doi:10.2807/esw.10.35.02784-en.
  3. ^ a b Nicoll, A (2011). "Eurosurveillance - fifteen years of serving Europe". Eurosurveillance. 16 (45). doi:10.2807/ese.16.45.20015-en. PMID 22114974.
  4. ^ "Disclaimer". Eurosurveillance. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  5. ^ "Eurosurveillance". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2022.
  6. ^ "Scientific seminars". Eurosurveillance. Retrieved 2020-09-03.

External links[edit]

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