| Editor |
Mauricio L Barreto
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Instituto de Saude Coletiva
Salvador, Brazil
Email: mauricio{at}ufba.br |
Deputy Editor |
Ana M Garcia
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
University of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Email: anagar{at}uv.es |
| Editorial Office |
JECH Editorial Office
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 9JR
UK
Email: jech{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: 44 (0)20 7383 6467
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7383 6668 |
| Frequency |
12 times a year plus supplements |
| Launch date |
1947 |
| ISSN JECH |
0143-005X |
| ISSN JECH Online |
1470-2738 |
| Readership |
Epidemiologists, public health consultants, primary care and environmental health consultants, housing and planning officials, health and safety officials, Ministry of Health officials, occupational therapists, consultants in medicine for the elderly, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, health advocates and health visitors. |
| Print circulation |
1650 (30% UK; 25% Europe; 23% North America; 22% other) |
| Indexed by |
ISI Current Contents and MedLine/Index Medicus |
| Impact factor |
The 2007 impact factor is 2.956 (ISI Web of Science) |
| Submitting to JECH |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press,
our online submission and review system.
JECH welcomes:
Research reports
Public health policy and practice
Editorials
Theory and methods
Gallery
Speaker's corner
Glossaries
Letters to the Editor
JECH will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest
Authors may opt to have their articles published as electronic only pages
This greatly reduces the time to publication
Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on JECH Online
Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial
Office |
| Lead times |
Time from submission to first decision: mean 4 weeks
About 65% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to publication: 7 months |
| Acceptance rate |
20% |
| Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe
- Personal print subscribers receive access to JECH Online at no additional cost
- Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to JECH Online separately
- Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues
- Reduced subscription rates are available for all members of major epidemiology and public health societies
- Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$12 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$30 |
| Rights |
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide JECH with an exclusive
licence to publish.
Corresponding authors are provided with a toll-free link to their published article on JECH Online. |
| Permissions |
Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines
Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission;
we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible |
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five years after publication. |
| Supplements |
Guidelines for publication of supplements to
JECH and other BMJ Journals
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6088 |
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