Epidemiologic Methods

Submission

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Your benefits of publishing with us

• Rapid online ahead-of-print publication with short turnaround times
• High quality manuscript processing
• Optional open access publication
• Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable, forward-linked articles for quickest possible visibility for the scientific community
• Every article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive abstracting and indexing services
• Secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico

ARTICLE FORMATS

1. Original Research Article, including

• Epidemiologic Method: describing novel statistical approaches for design and analysis of epidemiology studies, ideally with an illustrative epidemiologic data example
• Epidemiology Case Study: reporting an epidemiology study with a robust design and analysis supported by state-of-the-art statistical methods
• Abstract for Original Research Articles: Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.

2. Tutorial

This is a new category aimed at providing epidemiologists with the means to understand and implement an advanced epidemiologic method for study design and/or data analysis.
We welcome tutorial articles that introduce cutting-edge epidemiologic methods with a focus on the following aspects:

• Clarification on the use or misuse of the method, and descriptions of purpose and typical applications for which the method is most appropriate.
• Discussion on the advantages and limitations of the new method as compared standard epidemiologic method used in current practice.
• Tools or software code to implement the cutting-edge method with a comprehensive and accessible case study.
• Abstract for Tutorial: Method description, Advantages & Limitation, Case Example.

3. Perspective and Counterpoint Perspective Articles

Articles that do not fall into the Original Research Article or Tutorial may be considered for this category. This category typically considers papers that provide a critical review of epidemiologic evidence or discuss a unique perspective on how a method has been implemented in the current epidemiology literature.
Abstract for Perspective and Counterpoint Perspective Articles: Context, Methods, Findings, Perspective

Topics
• epidemiology
• genetic epidemiology
• infectious disease
• pharmaco-epidemiology
• ecologic studies
• environmental exposures
• screening
• surveillance
• social networks
• comparative effectiveness
• safety studies
• statistical modeling
• causal inference
• measurement error
• machine learning
• artificial intelligence
• study design
• cohort profile
• meta-analysis
• real-world evidence
• methodology
Submission process

• Before preparing your manuscript please have a look at our Instructions for Authors
• Submission of your paper via our submission management tool http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dgem
• Peer review process (you will be guided through every step)
• Decision on your paper
• If accepted: you have the option to publish it open access
• Publication online only

Please note:

• Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English
• Methodologic contributions should be clearly relevant to the theory and practice of epidemiology
• The provision of sample code is strongly suggested. With more technical contributions, authors are also encouraged to include a section or appendix on "Epidemiologic Practice" which summarizes, in a broadly accessible manner, how the methodology proposed (or a special case thereof) may be used in practice
• Before submitting your article please have a look at our Ethical Guidelines and our Copyright Transfer Agreement
• The Template for Ethical and Legal Declarations needs to be customized by the submitting author on behalf of all others and uploaded as a separate doc-file at the time of the original submission. Instructions on how to make declarations can be found here.
• Epidemiologic Methods follows Tier 2 of our Data Sharing Policy. Authors are encouraged to provide a data availability statement. Please refer to the Data Sharing Policy for guidance on how to write a data availability statement.
• Once your article is accepted you have the option to publish it open access
• Our Repository Policy allows you to distribute 30 PDF copies of your published article to colleagues (the PDF has to include the information that it is an author's copy). Please also feel free to distribute the link to the online abstract
• If you have any general questions please visit our FAQ page for authors

Hybrid Open Access

In this journal, authors have the option to publish their articles under an open access license. Open Access allows you as an author to retain copyright and share your findings with colleagues and interested parties worldwide without any restraints. If you choose to publish in hybrid gold open access, more information on costs can be found under the " Hybrid Journals" tab here.
Please note that authors from institutions with which we have a transformative agreement can publish open access without paying an article processing charge (APC). More information on the eligible institutions and articles can be found under the "Funding and Support" tab here.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

Editors-in-Chief
Hélène Karcher, PhD, Global Head of Real-World Evidence, Philip Morris International, Switzerland (Editor in Chief)

Fan Li, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA

Editorial Board
Rino Bellocco, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italia

Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA

Mark van der Laan, University of California, Berkeley, CA,USA

Xiaojuan Li, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA

Haidong Lu, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

Kara Rudolph, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA

Alejandro Schuler, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Shirley Wang, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Daniel Weinberger, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States

Paul Zivich, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Founding Editors
Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
Tyler J. VanderWeele, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

Journal Coordinator
Paulina Żarnecka
paulina.zarnecka@degruyter.com

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