''Eurosurveillance'' is an

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covering

epidemiology 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 ...

, 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 The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is an agency of the European Union (EU) whose mission is to strengthen Europe's defences against infectious diseases. It covers a wide spectrum of activities, such as: surveillance, e ...

History

The journal is jointly funded by the

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, the Réseau national de santé publique (later, Institut de Veille Sanitaire now ) in Paris, France, and the Public Health Laboratory Service (later,

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and

Public Health England Public Health England (PHE) was an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in England which began operating on 1 April 2013 to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. Its formation came as a ...

now

UK Health Security Agency The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a government agency responsible for all health security in England, and some reserved public health protection matters across the whole of the United Kingdom. It is an executive agency of the Department ...

) in London, England, and a pilot issue was published in 1995. In 2005, collaboration started with the newly established

(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

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in 2008 and since 2011, Ines Steffens has been editor-in-chief of the journal.

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.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, Embase, and EBSCO databases.

Metrics and impact

According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 21.286.

Scientific seminars

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.

References

External links

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