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. 2008 Sep 30;5:16. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-16

Table 3.

Selection of Italian journals relevant to epidemiology

Title English translation (for Italian title) ISSN (printed/electronic) Topics Official Impact factor 2006 Listed in Medline Issues per year First edition Language URL
Journals covering epidemiology and public health

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità Annals of Istituto Superiore di Sanità 0021-2571 Public health - Yes 4 1965 English http://www.iss.it/anna/index.php?lang=1
Annali di Igiene Annals of Hygiene 1120-9135 Public health Microbiology - Yes 6 1889* Italian
Epidemiologia & Prevenzione Epidemiology and prevention 1120-9763 Epidemiology # Yes 6 1976 Italian http://www.epidemiologiaeprevenzione.it/cms/?q=node/11
Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry 1121-189X Epidemiology Psychiatry # Yes 4 1992 Italian
Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Hygiene and Public Health 0019-1639 Public health - Yes 6 1945 Italian
Igiene Moderna Modern Hygiene 0019-1655 Public health - No 12 1908 Italian
Italian Journal of Public Health 1723-7807/1723-7815 Public health - No 4 2003 English http://www.ijph.it/
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene 1121-2233 Public health - Yes 4 1989 English

A selection of specialty journals frequently covering epidemiological issues

La Medicina del Lavoro Occupational Medicine 0025-7818 Occupational health # Yes 6 1901 Italian
Giornale Italiano delle Infezioni Ospedaliere Italian Journal of Nosocomial Infections 1122-407X Nosocomial infections - No 4 1994 Italian
Giornale Italiano di Farmacia Clinica Italian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 1120-3749 Clinical pharmacology - No 4 1987 Italian http://www.sifoweb.it/pubblicazioni/gifac.asp
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia Italian Journal of Occupational Medicine and Ergonomics 1592-7830 Occupational health - Yes 4 1979 Italian http://gimle.fsm.it
Tumori Neoplasms 0300-8916 Oncology 0.701 Yes 6 1911 Italian/English

* Annali di Igiene was first founded as Annali dell'Istituto d'Igiene Sperimentale della R. Universita di Roma, and had undergone a number of title changes. It was under its current title since 1989.

# Included in the Web of Science; Impact Factor due in the forthcoming years.