About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Community Research of Epidemiology (CORE) Journal welcomes original research articles and comprehensive literature reviews that address critical national and global public health issues through an epidemiological lens. The journal provides a platform for scholarly dialogue and evidence-based insights across all branches of epidemiology, aiming to bridge the gap between science, policy, and public health practice.
The scope of the journal includes but is not limited to the following areas:
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Social Epidemiology
Focuses on the social determinants of health, including how social structures, relationships, and inequalities influence disease distribution and health outcomes. Studies may address topics like socioeconomic status, education, race/ethnicity, social capital, and access to healthcare. -
Lifestyle Epidemiology
Explores the impact of lifestyle behaviors—such as physical activity, diet, smoking, alcohol consumption, and sleep—on the occurrence and progression of diseases within populations. It emphasizes preventive strategies and behavior change interventions. -
Environmental Epidemiology
Examines the relationship between environmental exposures (e.g., air pollution, water quality, chemical hazards, climate change) and health outcomes. It includes both urban and rural environmental health concerns and their implications for policy and planning. -
Zoonotic Epidemiology
Investigates the epidemiology of diseases transmitted between animals and humans. This scope emphasizes the One Health approach, integrating human, animal, and environmental health to prevent and control zoonoses. -
Molecular Epidemiology
Integrates molecular biology with epidemiological methods to identify genetic and molecular markers of disease. It provides insights into disease etiology, progression, and response to treatment, supporting precision public health. -
Nutritional Epidemiology
Focuses on the role of diet and nutrition in the development and prevention of diseases. It includes dietary assessment methods, nutrient intake analysis, food insecurity, and their associations with chronic and infectious diseases. -
Health Care Epidemiology
Studies health care-associated infections, patient safety, infection control practices, and the effectiveness of health services. It aims to improve health care quality and reduce disease burden in clinical settings. -
Field Epidemiology
Involves real-time investigation and response to outbreaks, epidemics, and other urgent public health threats. This includes surveillance system evaluation, outbreak investigation, and rapid risk assessments in community settings. -
Genetic Epidemiology
Analyzes the genetic factors and their interaction with environmental factors in disease causation. It encompasses population-based studies, genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and familial aggregation analyses.
Authors are also encouraged to submit high-quality manuscripts on emerging or interdisciplinary public health issues related to epidemiology, subject to editorial review and relevance to the journal’s mission.
Peer Review Process
Authors should present their manuscript honestly without fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or inappropriate data manipulation. Submitted manuscript is evaluated by anonymous referees for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation by the editor-in-chief as well as associate editors. Besides, the articles will be evaluated on the suitability of aim and scope, language, writing grammar, template, and similarity. The editors will inform the authors about the eligibility of publishing the article.
Every submitted manuscript is independently reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. This journal operates a conventional double-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewers’ name is always concealed from the submitting author. Manuscript will be sent for anonymous review by at least two reviewers who will either be members of the Editorial Board and Reviewers or other similar positions in the field. To shorten the review process and respond quickly to the authors, the editors may triage a submission and decide without sending the manuscript for external review. The editors’ decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into manuscript considered unsuitable for publication in this journal. All correspondence, including notification of the editors’ decision and requests for revisions, will be sent by email.
Publication Ethics
In addressing all facets of "publication ethics" and, in particular, how to manage situations of research and publishing misconduct, this journal adheres to guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Moreover, this journal emphasizes the importance of adhering to standards of research ethics outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. This pertains to all publications involving either human or animal subjects. To raise the standard of research around the world, publication ethics must be addressed as a crucial issue and discussed in detail. The standard for editors, authors, and reviewers is described in this section. Publishers also have no right to compromise the integrity of the contents and merely promote timely publication.
EDITORS' DUTIES
Play Fair
An editor at any time can assess manuscript for the intellectual value without regard to the writers' race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, or political philosophies.
Confidentiality
The corresponding author, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, where applicable, are the only people who should know anything about a manuscript that has been submitted.
Interest Conflicts and Disclosure
Unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript may not be used by the editor for independent research projects without the author's written approval.
Publishing Decisions
The editorial board decides which of the articles submitted to the magazine shall be published. The decisions are primarily guided by the validity of the work in question and its significance to scholars and readers. To ensure a fair and ethical process, the editors follow specific guidelines set by the board and adhere to relevant laws concerning libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. In making this choice, the editors may consult with additional editors or reviewers.
Review of Manuscript
Each submitted work must be initially assessed by the editor to confirm its originality through an in-depth peer review. In the information for authors, editors should outline their peer review procedures and specify which sections of the publication are peer-reviewed. For manuscript that is being considered for publication, the editor should use acceptable peer reviewers by selecting individuals with sufficient knowledge and avoiding those who have conflicts of interest.
REVIEWERS' RESPONSIBILITIES
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor to make decisions about content, and editorial interactions with the author may assist in improving the article.
Promptness
Any selected referee who believes they are ill-equipped to evaluate the research presented in the manuscript or will be unable to complete the review promptly should inform the editor and withdraw from the process.
Confidentiality
Any manuscripts sent for review should be handled with confidentiality, and cannot be discussed or shown to anybody without the editor's permission.
Criteria for Objectivity
Reviews must be carried out impartially and it is inappropriate to criticize the author personally. Referees should clearly state their positions and provide evidence to back them up.
Source Acknowledgment
Reviewers should point out pertinent published works that the authors have not cited. Any claim that a certain observation, deduction, or argument has already been recorded should be supported by the appropriate citation. Any significant overlap or resemblance between the manuscript under consideration and any other published material of which the reviewer has firsthand knowledge should be brought to the editors’ attention.
Interest Conflict and Disclosure
Peer reviews’ privileged knowledge or ideas must be kept secret and not used for personal benefit. To maintain impartiality, reviewers should not consider manuscript for which they have relationships, links, or conflicts of interest with any of the authors, organizations, or businesses associated with the submissions. This includes competitive, cooperative, or any other relationships or connections that could influence their judgment or compromise the integrity of the review process.
AUTHORS' OBLIGATIONS
Reporting requirements
Authors of reports on original research ought to give a truthful summary of the work done and an unbiased analysis of its relevance. The manuscript should appropriately depict the underlying data. A manuscript should have enough information and citations to allow another individual to duplicate the work. False or deliberately inaccurate statements are inappropriate and represent unethical behavior.
Plagiarism and Originality
The authors should make sure that their writing is wholly unique and appropriately acknowledge any sources they have referenced or quoted. If there are concerns about data falsification or fabrication, the author(s) should provide the editor with the information and specifics of the work.
Concurrent, Multiple, or Redundant Publication
Generally, an author should not submit articles detailing essentially the same research to more than one journal or primary publication. It is unacceptable to simultaneously submit the same manuscript to multiple journals, which is considered unethical publishing practice.
Source Acknowledgment
Always give due credit to other people's contributions and citations for works that had a significant impact on understanding the nature of the reported work.
Authorship of the Manuscript
Only individuals who significantly contributed to the conception, design, implementation, or interpretation of the reported research should be given the privilege of authorship. Co-authors should be named for everyone who contributed significantly. When additional people contributed to the research in a meaningful way, they should be thanked or identified as contributors. The corresponding author is responsible for making sure the work has all suitable co-authors, and that all co-authors have read the final version of the manuscript, approved it, and agreed to its submission for publication.
Human or Animal Subjects
When conducting research involving human subjects, authors must ensure that their procedures comply with guidelines established by international and national committees overseeing human experimentation as well as the ethical principles of the Helsinki Declaration. If there are any concerns about whether the research was conducted in line with the declaration, the authors must address these concerns. In the case of animal experimentation, the authors must ensure that they comply with all applicable domestic and international laws as well as regulations.
Interest Conflicts and Disclosure
Any financial or other significant conflict of interest that could influence the findings or interpretation of a manuscript should be disclosed by all authors in the publication. Additionally, disclosure of all funding sources for the project is required.
Basic Mistakes in Published Works
It is the responsibility of the author to contact the publishers or journal editors as soon as a serious error or inaccuracy in the published work is found and to work with the editors to retract or fix the manuscript.
