Table 1.
Selection of French language journals relevant to epidemiology
| Title | English translation (for French title) | ISSN (Print/Electonic) | Epidemiological topics covered1 | Official Impact factor 2006 | Listed in Medline | Issues per year | First edition2 | Country of publication | Official journal language | Notes of Language | URL |
| Category A: Journals covering (mainly non-clinical epidemiology) | |||||||||||
| Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Madagascar | Archives of the Madagascar Pasteur Institute | 0020-2495 | Allergy- Vaccine-Immunology- Public Health | - | Yes | 2 | 1954 | Madagascar | French | French | |
| Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis | Archives of the Tunis Pasteur Institute | 0020-2509 | Public health epidemiology-Microbiology | - | Yes | 4 | 1923 | Tunisia | French | French | |
| Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine | Bulletin of the National Academy of Medicine | 0001-4079 | Public Health Wide range of topics | 0.323 | Yes | 9 | 1947 | Netherlands* | French | French | http://www.academie-medecine.fr/ |
| Bulletin de l'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale | Bulletin of the National Health Institute and Medical Research | 0553-2469 | Public Health-Research | - | Yes | 6 | 1964 | France | French | French | |
| Cahier de santé publique | Public Health Book | 1817-5538 | Public Health Wide range of topics | - | No | † | - | Côte d'Ivoire | French | French | |
| Concours medical | Medical Contest | 0010-5309 | Public Health Wide range of topics | - | Yes | 41 | 1879 | France | French | French | |
| Dakar Médical | Medical Dakar | 0049-1101 | Medicine- Tropical Medicine | - | Yes | 2 | 1979 | Senegal | French | Articles in French with summaries in French and English | http://www.dakarmedical.sn/ |
| Le journal africain de la médecine et des sciences médicales | African journal of medicine and medical sciences | 0309-3913 | Public Health-Medicine Wide range of topics | - | Yes | 4 | 1976 | Nigeria | French/English | Articles in French or English with summaries in both languages | |
| Le Mali médical | Mali Medical | 0464-7874/1993-0836 | Medicine Wide range of topics | - | Yes | 2 | 1963 | Mali | French | French | http://www.ehponline.org/malimed |
| Médicine d'Afrique noire | Black Africa Medicine | 0047-6404 | Education- Medical-Graduate | - | Yes | 11 | 1954 | Senegal | French | French with summaries in English and French | |
| Politiques de Santé (continuing Ruptures) | Healthcare Policy | 1715-6572 | Public Health-Practice- Canadian-Wide range of topics | - | No | 4 | - | Canada | French/English | Articles in French and English, summaries and table of contents in English and French | http://www.longwoods.com/home.php?cat=247 |
| Population et sociétés | Population and Societies | 0184-7783 | Bulletin-Epidemiology- Social sciences- History of Medicine Wide range of topics | - | Yes | 12 | 1968 | France | French | French | |
| Revue d'épidémiologie et de santé publique | Epidemiology and Public Health | 0398-7620 | Journal – Education-Practice- Social Medicine- Health Research | 0.592 | No | 6 | 1976 | France | French/ | Articles in French or English with summaries and table of content in both languages | |
| Revue canadienne de santé publique | Canadian Journal of Public Health | 0008-4263 | Public Health-Education- Practice-Canadian Public Health Wide range of topics | - | Yes | 6 | 1943 | Canada | French/English | Issues for 1943-59 have English title only. French title varies:Revue canadienne d'hygiène publique, 1960-69 Text chiefly in English, with some in French. | |
| Revue Santé, Société et Solidarité | Health, Society and Solidarity | 1634-8176 | Social sciences-Public Health- Wide range of topics | - | No | 2 | 2002 | Canada/France | French | French | |
| Santé | Health | 1157-5999 | Public Health-Environmental Health | - | Yes | 4 | 1990 | France | French | Articles in French; summaries and table of contents in English and French | |
| Santé publique | Public Health | 0995-3914 | Public Health Wide range of topics | - | Yes | 6 | 1988 | France | French | Articles in French; summaries in English and French. Formed by the union of Cahiers de l'Ecole nationale de la santé publique and Revue française de la santé publique | |
| Category B: Medical journals occasionally covering (mainly clinical) epidemiology | |||||||||||
| Développement et santé: revue de perfectionnement médical et sanitaire en pays tropical | Development and Health: Journal of Medical learning and sanitary in tropical countries | 0396-8014 | Public Health – Medicine – Tropical Climate Wide range of topics | - | Yes | 6 | 1976 | France | French | French | |
| Relevé des maladies transmissibles au Canada | Canada communicable disease report | 1188-4169/1481-8531 | Communicable diseases – Control – Epidemiology | - | Yes | 52 | 1992 | Canada | French/English | Text in English and French | http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/index-eng.php |
| Category C: Journals dedicated to specific fields of epidemiology | |||||||||||
| Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire | Weekly Epidemiological Record | 0049-8114 | World Health Organization-Communicable diseases Epidemiology Vaccination Infectious diseases |
- | Yes | 52 | 1928 | Switzerland (WHO in Geneva) | French/English | Text in English and French | http://www.who.int/wer/en/ |
1 Only major topics relevant to epidemiology are listed here.
2 This refers to the original first issue of the journal despite any changes made to the journal's title or concept in the past.
* The publisher of the Bulletin of National Academy of Medicine (of France) is a Dutch publisher.
† Biannual publication.