The American Journal of Epidemiology (''AJE'') is a

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journal for

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findings, opinion pieces, and methodological developments in the field of

epidemiological Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

research. The current

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is Enrique Schisterman. Articles published in ''AJE'' are indexed by

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, Embase, and a number of other databases. The ''AJE'' offers open-access options for authors. It is published monthly, with articles published online ahead of print at the accepted manuscript and corrected proof stages. Entire issues have been dedicated to abstracts from academic meetings (Society of Epidemiologic Research, North American Congress of Epidemiology), the history of the

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of the

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(CDC), the life of

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, and the celebration of notable anniversaries of schools of public health ( University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health;

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;

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). ''AJE'' is currently ranked 5th in the field of epidemiology according to

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. It has an

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of 4.897 (as of 2020), and the 5-year impact factor is 5.827 according to ''

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''.2020 Journal Impact Factor, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2021)

History

This journal was founded in 1920 and originally named the ''American Journal of Hygiene''. In 1965, the ''Journal'' acquired its current name, ''American Journal of Epidemiology''. Since its inception, the ''Journal'' has been based in the Department of Epidemiology at

and is published in association with th
Society of Epidemiologic Research

Editors-in-Chief: Past and Present

William H. Welch William Henry Welch (April 8, 1850 – April 30, 1934) was an American physician, pathologist, bacteriologist, and medical-school administrator. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.David Bodian David Bodian (15 May 1910 – 18 September 1992) was an American medical scientist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who worked in polio research. In the early 1940s he helped lay the groundwork for the eventual development of p ...

(1948–1957) * Philip E. Sartwell (1957–1958) * Abraham G. Osler (1958–1965) * Neal Nathanson (1965–1979) *

(1979–1988) * Moyses Szklo (1988–2019) *Enrique Schisterman (2019–present)

References

{{Johns Hopkins University Epidemiology journals Oxford University Press academic journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1965