Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Subfield ranking · 2011
Epidemiology journal rankings 2011
139 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Epidemiology has 139 ranked journals in 2011. The median journal has an OJR of 0.83, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2010; Q1 starts at OJR 1.34. The top three are Seminars in Liver Disease, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, and Autophagy.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
139 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1Seminars in Liver DiseaseThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 4.46Q1 | 9.22 1.62 up from 2010 | 128 | 20% | — | ||
2Current Opinion in Infectious DiseasesLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.32Q1 | 6.30 0.79 down from 2010 | 271 | 16% | — | ||
3AutophagyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.07Q1 | 6.24 1.47 down from 2010 | 256 | 100% | — | ||
4StrokeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.90Q1 | 6.52 0.28 up from 2010 | 2,129 | 57% | — | ||
5Veterinary ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.52Q1 | 4.45 0.98 up from 2010 | 190 | 100% | $2,390 | ||
6Journal of HepatologyElsevier BV · Denmark | 2.50Q1 | 5.96 0.42 down from 2010 | 1,193 | 49% | $5,500 | ||
7Infectious Disease Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 2.43Q1 | 4.47 0.53 down from 2010 | 154 | 22% | $4,050 | ||
8PLoS CurrentsPublic Library of Science · United States | 2.21Q1 | 4.66 1.77 up from 2010 | 97 | 99% | — | ||
9Psychology of Addictive BehaviorsAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.12Q1 | 3.60 0.10 down from 2010 | 232 | 69% | — | ||
10Journal of NeuroendocrinologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 3.90 1.70 down from 2010 | 442 | 40% | $4,550 | ||
11Journal of VirologyOAAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 2.00Q1 | 6.03 0.41 up from 2010 | 3,806 | 100% | — | ||
12Clinical Gastroenterology and HepatologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.93Q1 | 4.19 0.06 down from 2010 | 979 | 41% | $4,470 | ||
13AddictionWiley · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 4.04 0.35 up from 2010 | 1,080 | 32% | $4,600 | ||
14Journal of Head Trauma RehabilitationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.90Q1 | 4.22 0.22 up from 2010 | 161 | 6% | — | ||
15Influenza and Other Respiratory VirusesOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 4.03 0.61 down from 2010 | 144 | 88% | $4,840 | ||
16Human VaccinesLandes Bioscience · United States | 1.83Q1 | 3.94 0.68 up from 2010 | 173 | 97% | — | ||
17The Pediatric Infectious Disease JournalLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.73Q1 | 3.75 0.39 up from 2010 | 1,196 | 16% | — | ||
18Expert Review of VaccinesOAInforma · United States | 1.73Q1 | 4.24 0.18 up from 2010 | 439 | 34% | — | ||
19Alimentary Pharmacology & TherapeuticsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 4.40 0.11 down from 2010 | 921 | 56% | $5,250 | ||
20Journal of Studies on Alcohol and DrugsAlcohol Research Documentation · United States | 1.70Q1 | 2.93 0.02 down from 2010 | 252 | 77% | — | ||
21Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental ResearchWiley · United States | 1.70Q1 | 4.18 0.38 up from 2010 | 756 | 65% | $4,110 | ||
22VaccineElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 4.34 0.36 up from 2010 | 3,407 | 27% | $3,620 | ||
23Journal of Clinical VirologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.63Q1 | 3.90 0.46 down from 2010 | 785 | 19% | $4,210 | ||
24Journal of NeurotraumaMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.58Q1 | 4.22 0.57 up from 2010 | 674 | 47% | — | ||
25VirologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.53Q1 | 3.89 0.11 up from 2010 | 1,513 | 99% | $3,160 | ||
26Alcohol and AlcoholismOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.44Q1 | 3.42 0.26 up from 2010 | 290 | 42% | $4,286 | ||
27Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzOAInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde · Brazil | 1.43Q1 | 2.97no change | 567 | 100% | — | ||
28Cerebrovascular DiseasesKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.43Q1 | 2.64 0.37 down from 2010 | 733 | 36% | — | ||
29MetabolismElsevier BV · United States | 1.41Q1 | 3.04 0.13 up from 2010 | 920 | 28% | $5,340 | ||
30Clinical Journal of Sport MedicineLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.39Q1 | 2.49 0.12 down from 2010 | 327 | 5% | — | ||
31Journal of Viral HepatitisWiley · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 3.58 0.14 up from 2010 | 460 | 17% | $4,610 | ||
32Journal of Critical CareElsevier BV · United States | 1.37Q1 | 2.62 0.15 up from 2010 | 419 | 13% | $3,610 | ||
33Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and GynecologyHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 2.18 0.83 up from 2010 | 57 | 100% | $820 | ||
34European Addiction ResearchKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.37Q1 | 3.17 0.95 up from 2010 | 114 | 41% | — | ||
35Clinical and Vaccine ImmunologyOAAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 1.34Q1 | 3.05 0.35 up from 2010 | 834 | 100% | — | ||
36Annals of PharmacotherapySAGE Publishing · United States | 1.32Q2 | 2.89 0.03 up from 2010 | 806 | 3% | $4,400 | ||
37International Journal of Drug PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.28Q2 | 2.47 0.17 up from 2010 | 242 | 23% | $4,350 | ||
38International Journal of StrokeSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 2.45 0.10 down from 2010 | 231 | 10% | $4,400 | ||
39The Clinical NeuropsychologistTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 2.76 0.03 up from 2010 | 216 | 27% | — | ||
40Pediatric Critical Care MedicineLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.26Q2 | 2.52 0.16 up from 2010 | 642 | 10% | — | ||
41Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and PolicyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 2.19 0.96 down from 2010 | 77 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
42Neuropsychological RehabilitationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 2.11 0.42 down from 2010 | 130 | 33% | — | ||
43Metabolic Syndrome and Related DisordersMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.20Q2 | 2.70 0.34 up from 2010 | 211 | 24% | — | ||
44ShockLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.20Q2 | 3.15 0.11 down from 2010 | 733 | 26% | — | ||
45Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.17Q2 | 2.14 0.27 up from 2010 | 162 | 9% | $3,480 | ||
46Virus GenesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.13Q2 | 2.05 0.10 down from 2010 | 365 | 20% | $3,890 | ||
47Avian PathologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 1.94 0.47 down from 2010 | 220 | 97% | — | ||
48Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualElsevier BV · United States | 1.09Q2 | 2.53 0.55 up from 2010 | 52 | 5% | $3,530 | ||
49Antiviral chemistry & chemotherapySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.08Q2 | 2.38 0.19 down from 2010 | 58 | 68% | $1,500 | ||
50Transplant Infectious DiseaseWiley · Denmark | 1.08Q2 | 2.56 0.21 up from 2010 | 296 | 15% | $3,920 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Epidemiology highlighted.
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
51 additional Epidemiology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2008–2010, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 139
- Window papers (baseline)
- 136,221 +32.0% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 0.830 -0.6% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 17
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 77 | 81 | 87 | 89 | 94 | 91 | 97 | 108 | 114 | 119 | 129 | 139 | 147 | 157 | 166 | 176 | 187 | 185 | 193 | 198 | 196 | 204 | 196 | 199 | 187 | 178 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 48,701 | 54,887 | 59,554 | 64,149 | 67,383 | 74,616 | 83,633 | 94,079 | 103,216 | 113,942 | 125,223 | 136,221 | 144,307 | 149,052 | 156,773 | 162,831 | 168,650 | 170,014 | 174,699 | 179,855 | 189,056 | 200,238 | 212,651 | 217,205 | 217,754 | 220,321 | |
| Median OJR | 0.668 | 0.61 | 0.670 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.82223 | 0.85 | 0.8287 | 0.835 | 0.86 | 0.8293 | 0.830 | 0.87 | 0.844 | 0.836 | 0.795 | 0.82224 | 0.803 | 0.74 | 0.832 | 0.78 | 0.755 | 0.81 | 0.787 | 0.760 | 0.797 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.