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.