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Epidemiology · 188 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Epidemiology

The top 40 of 188 Epidemiology journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Epidemiology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    The Lancet Public Health
    16.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    British Journal of Biomedical Science
    11.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Eurosurveillance
    8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Journal of Infection
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    PLoS Pathogens
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of Science
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Expert Review of Vaccines
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · JMIR Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Journal of Virology
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Annals of Medicine
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Virology Journal
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Harm Reduction Journal
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Clinical Epidemiology
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    The Italian Journal of Pediatrics
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    International Breastfeeding Journal
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    International Journal of Health Geographics
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Frontiers in Medicine
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Critical Care Explorations
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wolters Kluwer
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wroclaw Medical University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
    19.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Critical Care
    7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Emerging Microbes & Infections
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Annals of Intensive Care
    7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    npj Vaccines
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Hepatology Communications
    6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Emerging infectious diseases
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Infectious Diseases and Therapy
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Adis, Springer Healthcare
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Virus Evolution
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Oxford
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    JHEP Reports
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Viruses
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Vaccines
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    BMC Infectious Diseases
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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Frequently asked

The Lancet Public Health, British Journal of Biomedical Science, Eurosurveillance, Journal of Infection, PLoS Pathogens lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 188 ranked venues are listed on this page; all 40 are Scimago Q1. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Epidemiology come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Epidemiology — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Epidemiology — is listed after all the others. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (1 of the 188 journals ranked here is below that floor; it is not among the 40 shown). Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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