Aims and Scope
The emergence, re-emergence, and spread of infectious diseases continue to be major global public health issues. Studies of the reasons for this have led to an understanding of the interdependency of humans, animals, and the environment in initiating and sustaining infection. Epidemiology and Infection publishes original reports and reviews on infections that are of international relevance and that affect human populations. The field covered is broad and includes human infection, food safety, outbreaks, vaccinology, antimicrobial resistance, statistics, and modelling, as well as the clinical, social, and public-health aspects of infectious disease in both high- and low-income settings. Papers covering microbiology and immunology that have epidemiological relevance are part of this broad field.
The journal has become the key periodical in which to find the latest reports on recently discovered infections. Integrated global approaches to improving the health of humans, animals, and their shared environments have led to the concept of One Health, and papers covering this concept – the interface between humans, animals, and the environment - are welcomed. Veterinary subjects relevant to human infections are also published. For those concerned with policy and planning for the control of infections, the papers on mathematical modelling of epidemics caused by historical, current, and emergent infections will be of particular value.
Papers that do not fall exactly within the main themes of the scope should be discussed in advance with the Senior Editor. All papers need to be of very high quality and global relevance to be considered for publication.
The requirements of the journal are in accordance with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals [British Medical Journal 1991; 302: 338–341 and New England Journal of Medicine 1991; 324: 424–428.]. Particular attention is drawn to the sections on originality, copyright, prior and duplicate publication, and ethical guidelines.
COVID-19 papers
For manuscripts describing COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, please see below. We are also expediting the peer review and publication process for COVID-19 papers.
- Authors should share important information with public health authorities. We encourage all authors to share all data about the 2019-nCoV outbreak in confidence with the World Health Organization. The WHO is asking that going forward submissions/pre-prints be sent to covid19preprint@who.int
- Authors are encouraged to post submitted relevant manuscripts under review to bioRxiv, medRxiv or other relevant pre-print server.
We accept the following types of articles:
- Original Paper*
- Short Report*
- Review*
- From the Field*
- Letter to the Editor**
- Opinions- For Debate**
- Book Reviews**
- Editorial
* All or part of the publication costs for these article types may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access. For authors not covered by an agreement, and without APC funding, please see this journal's open access options for instructions on how to request an APC waiver.
** No APCs are required for these article types.