Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that provides a home for high quality work which straddles the areas of GIS, epidemiology, exposure science, and spatial statistics. The journal focuses on answering epidemiological questions where spatial and spatio-temporal approaches are appropriate. The methods should help to advance our understanding of infectious and non-infectious diseases in humans. The journal will also consider applications where health care provision is the focus. Coverage of veterinary topics will be included, and those with direct human health implications are especially welcome. The journal places special emphasis on spatio-temporal aspects of emerging diseases (e.g., avian flu, SARS), development of spatial statistical and computational methods, and novel applications of geospatial technology (e.g., GPS, GIS) for shedding insights on exposure and disease processes. The journal accepts three different types of submissions: 1. Methods papers that outline new methodology in the areas of GIS, spatial statistics, exposure science, and/or epidemiology; 2. Case Study/Applications papers where recently developed methodology is applied to novel applications with a clear exposure/disease focus; and 3. Short reports where a) they are around 4-8 text pages in length b) they focus on an important novel development and c) the development should be capable of description within the page length. Case Studies progress reports in the form of 'what we have done so far' are not acceptable as Short Reports unless they comply with b) or c) above.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Epidemiology	2010	Q4
Epidemiology	2011	Q3
Epidemiology	2012	Q3
Epidemiology	2013	Q3
Epidemiology	2014	Q3
Epidemiology	2015	Q3
Epidemiology	2016	Q3
Epidemiology	2017	Q3
Epidemiology	2018	Q3
Epidemiology	2019	Q3
Epidemiology	2020	Q3
Epidemiology	2021	Q2
Epidemiology	2022	Q3
Epidemiology	2023	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q1
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2010	Q3
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2011	Q3
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2012	Q3
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2013	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2014	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2015	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2016	Q1
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2017	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2018	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2019	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2020	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2021	Q1
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2022	Q2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2023	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2010	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2011	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2012	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2013	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2014	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2015	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2016	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2017	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2018	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2019	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2020	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2021	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2022	Q2
Infectious Diseases	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2010	0.253
2011	0.289
2012	0.389
2013	0.733
2014	0.974
2015	0.785
2016	0.963
2017	0.846
2018	0.745
2019	0.622
2020	0.726
2021	0.859
2022	0.688
2023	0.667

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2009	10
2010	18
2011	32
2012	32
2013	21
2014	32
2015	18
2016	42
2017	22
2018	32
2019	36
2020	38
2021	45
2022	65
2023	44

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.300
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.964
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.117
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.457
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.883
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.863
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.311
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.664
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.421
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.879
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.984
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.934
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.522
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.300
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.964
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.117
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.402
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.976
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.800
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.085
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.620
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.537
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.260
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.733
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.066
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.160
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.730
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.300
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.964
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.020
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.313
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.868
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.660
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.940
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.483
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.375
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.315
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.412
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.446
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.361
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.373

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	6
Self Cites	2011	5
Self Cites	2012	12
Self Cites	2013	6
Self Cites	2014	9
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	14
Self Cites	2017	5
Self Cites	2018	8
Self Cites	2019	7
Self Cites	2020	4
Self Cites	2021	6
Self Cites	2022	23
Self Cites	2023	23
Total Cites	2009	0
Total Cites	2010	13
Total Cites	2011	27
Total Cites	2012	67
Total Cites	2013	115
Total Cites	2014	168
Total Cites	2015	153
Total Cites	2016	148
Total Cites	2017	149
Total Cites	2018	126
Total Cites	2019	121
Total Cites	2020	156
Total Cites	2021	325
Total Cites	2022	376
Total Cites	2023	404

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2009	0
External Cites per document	2010	0.700
External Cites per document	2011	0.786
External Cites per document	2012	0.917
External Cites per document	2013	1.329
External Cites per document	2014	1.871
External Cites per document	2015	1.729
External Cites per document	2016	1.887
External Cites per document	2017	1.565
External Cites per document	2018	1.439
External Cites per document	2019	1.188
External Cites per document	2020	1.689
External Cites per document	2021	3.009
External Cites per document	2022	2.966
External Cites per document	2023	2.574
Cites per document	2009	0.000
Cites per document	2010	1.300
Cites per document	2011	0.964
Cites per document	2012	1.117
Cites per document	2013	1.402
Cites per document	2014	1.976
Cites per document	2015	1.800
Cites per document	2016	2.085
Cites per document	2017	1.620
Cites per document	2018	1.537
Cites per document	2019	1.260
Cites per document	2020	1.733
Cites per document	2021	3.066
Cites per document	2022	3.160
Cites per document	2023	2.730

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2009	10.00
2010	38.89
2011	28.13
2012	18.75
2013	33.33
2014	31.25
2015	27.78
2016	40.48
2017	22.73
2018	46.88
2019	38.89
2020	31.58
2021	26.67
2022	35.38
2023	34.09

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	1
Non-citable documents	2011	3
Non-citable documents	2012	5
Non-citable documents	2013	8
Non-citable documents	2014	7
Non-citable documents	2015	6
Non-citable documents	2016	2
Non-citable documents	2017	3
Non-citable documents	2018	2
Non-citable documents	2019	2
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	3
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	2009	0
Citable documents	2010	9
Citable documents	2011	25
Citable documents	2012	55
Citable documents	2013	74
Citable documents	2014	78
Citable documents	2015	79
Citable documents	2016	69
Citable documents	2017	89
Citable documents	2018	80
Citable documents	2019	94
Citable documents	2020	88
Citable documents	2021	103
Citable documents	2022	116
Citable documents	2023	147

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2009	0
Uncited documents	2010	4
Uncited documents	2011	13
Uncited documents	2012	24
Uncited documents	2013	32
Uncited documents	2014	32
Uncited documents	2015	32
Uncited documents	2016	17
Uncited documents	2017	36
Uncited documents	2018	33
Uncited documents	2019	40
Uncited documents	2020	32
Uncited documents	2021	37
Uncited documents	2022	40
Uncited documents	2023	46
Cited documents	2009	0
Cited documents	2010	6
Cited documents	2011	15
Cited documents	2012	36
Cited documents	2013	50
Cited documents	2014	53
Cited documents	2015	53
Cited documents	2016	54
Cited documents	2017	56
Cited documents	2018	49
Cited documents	2019	56
Cited documents	2020	58
Cited documents	2021	69
Cited documents	2022	79
Cited documents	2023	102