''Eurosurveillance'' (''Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles'', "European communicable disease bulletin") is an

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medical journal covering

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

, 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, ...

History

''Eurosurveillance'' was jointly funded by the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

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

Health Protection Agency The Health Protection Agency (HPA) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It was an organisation that was set up by the UK government in 2003 to protect the public from threats to their health from infectious diseases and envi ...

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 in the United Kingdom, responsible since April 2021 for England-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability, and replacing Public Health England. It is an executiv ...

) 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, ''Eurosurveillance'' was transferred entirely to ECDC, which has published the journal 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.

Scope

Articles in ''Eurosurveillance'' concern infectious disease events and trends in Europe, but also reports on developments of importance to Europe. The journal targets all those concerned with communicable disease epidemiology, prevention and control as well as public health professionals and decision-makers at all levels, medical practitioners, microbiologists, veterinarians and scientists in this field and members of the relevant health organisations. The journal publishes preliminary outbreak reports and alerts in the form of rapid communications, as well as in-depth analyses of outbreaks and epidemiological disease patterns based on surveillance data and scientific studies.

Publishing model

Since its beginning, the ''Eurosurveillance'' is an open access online journal that does not charge article processing fees. The opinions expressed by authors contributing to ''Eurosurveillance'' do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ECDC or the editorial team or the institutions with which the authors are affiliated. The journal's website does not host any form of commercial advertisement.

Indexing

The journal is indexed and in databases such as:

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(PMC);

Scopus Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-l ...

, EMBASE, EBSCO databases, Science Central, Web of Science and

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Metrics and impact

According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 6.454, ranking it 6th out of 93 journals in the category "Infectious Diseases". , the Scopus-based Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) ranks Eurosurveillance 67th of 2,754 journals in the category ''Medicine (miscellaneous)''.

Scientific seminars

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

References

External links

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