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American Journal of Epidemiology Template

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About the American Journal of Epidemiology format

American Journal of Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Health disparities and outcomes, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Nutritional Studies and Diet. Over its lifetime it has published 23,434 papers, which have received 1,428,906 citations.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleNumbered (OUP)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, American Journal of Epidemiology 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inHealth disparities and outcomes Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Nutritional Studies and Diet Birth, Development, and Health Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
ISSN0002-9262
Citation impact (2-yr)2.74
h-index417
i10-index13,154
Article processing charge$4,450
Top institutions publishing hereHarvard University
Journal websiteaje.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in American Journal of Epidemiology per year

443
2014
406
2015
439
2016
422
2017
291
2018
293
2019
294
2020
304
2021
221
2022
250
2023
467
2024
299
2025

Citation impact of American Journal of Epidemiology by publication year

19.6K
2014
15.2K
2015
18K
2016
24.4K
2017
10.8K
2018
8K
2019
7.3K
2020
6.4K
2021
4.9K
2022
2.6K
2023
2K
2024
334
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in American Journal of Epidemiology

A Modified Poisson Regression Approach to Prospective Studies with Binary Data

Guangyong Zou · 19 Mar 2004

Relative risk is usually the parameter of interest in epidemiologic and medical studies. In this paper, the author proposes a modified Poisson regression approach (i.e., Poisson regression with a robust error variance) to estimate this effect measure directly. A simple 2-by-2 table is used to justify the validity of this approach. Results from a limited…

9,552 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Updating and Validating the Charlson Comorbidity Index and Score for Risk Adjustment in Hospital Discharge Abstracts Using Data From 6 Countries

Hude Quan, Bing Li, Chantal Marie Couris et al. · 17 Feb 2011

With advances in the effectiveness of treatment and disease management, the contribution of chronic comorbid diseases (comorbidities) found within the Charlson comorbidity index to mortality is likely to have changed since development of the index in 1984. The authors reevaluated the Charlson index and reassigned weights to each condition by identifying and following patients to…

5,937 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS

Lisa Berkman, S. Leonard Syme · 1 Feb 1979

The relationship between social and community ties and mortality was assessed using the 1965 Human Population Laboratory survey of a random sample of 6928 adults in Alameda County, California and a subsequent nine-year mortality follow-up. The findings show that people who lacked social and community ties were more likely to die in the follow-up period…

5,366 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Increased Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Adults

P. E. Peppard, Terry Young, Jodi H. Barnet et al. · 14 Apr 2013

Sleep-disordered breathing is a common disorder with a range of harmful sequelae. Obesity is a strong causal factor for sleep-disordered breathing, and because of the ongoing obesity epidemic, previous estimates of sleep-disordered breathing prevalence require updating. We estimated the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the United States for the periods of 1988-1994 and 2007-2010 using…

4,616 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

American Journal of Epidemiology template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the American Journal of Epidemiology format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the American Journal of Epidemiology template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does American Journal of Epidemiology use?
American Journal of Epidemiology uses Numbered (OUP) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, American Journal of Epidemiology 12 (2023) 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to American Journal of Epidemiology?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready American Journal of Epidemiology document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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What is American Journal of Epidemiology?
Oxford University Press journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by Oxford University Press.
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