The International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE)
An important decision was taken at the Sixth International Meeting in 1971 to found an international quarterly journal of epidemiology. The Council believed that the journal could replace the old Bulletin in providing a link between members in intervals between international meetings by publishing association news, and serve a valuable purpose by publishing original articles in the field of epidemiology. Walter Holland was appointed the first editor in 1972. Since then, the IJE continues to go from strength to strength and, nowadays under the editorship of George Davey Smith and Shah Ebrahim, the journal has improved markedly. They introduced a number of new features and the positive effects of these changes are reflected in its improved impact factor (currently 6.4), which places it first among the international epidemiology journals. Six issues of the journal are published every year.
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