About the Journal
The Journal
Epidemiologia&Prevenzione, the official journal of the Italian Association of Epidemiology, brings together many of the finest and most original Italian studies in epidemiological research and the evaluation of interventions for prevention and public health.
The journal – indexed in Medline and with an Impact Factor (currently 1.5) – is also an important channel for bringing contributions to the attention of an international audience that would otherwise circulate only within Italy.
Over the past few decades, E&P has served as a key reference point not only for public health, but also for citizens and their different forms of community organisation. The principle that inspired it was, and remains, that epidemiology is meaningful only if it serves the purposes of prevention and public health, and that prevention has very little chance of success unless it is grounded in sound scientific principles and involves the participation of all stakeholders.
Up-to-date communication methods, rigorous statistical and epidemiological methodology, the validity of studies, and the soundness of the interpretation of results form the solid foundation upon which E&P is built.
This is accompanied by a strong ethical responsibility towards public health, which has now irreversibly broadened its scope and increasingly takes into account not only human beings, but the entire planet and the changes that humanity brings to the world in which it lives.
The aim is that the provision of new tools for communication, information and training, particularly through the use of the internet, will make the journal not only a traditional vehicle for scientific content and analysis, but also a powerful tool at the disposal of a community of shared interests and values that cares deeply about public health.
Scientific Editors-in-chief: Francesco Forastiere, Francesco Barone Adesi
Editor-in-chief: Maria Luisa Clementi
Epidemiologia&Prevenzione is a bimonthly publication registered with the Tribunal of Milan. 239/1977 - ISSN: 1120-9763 – ESSN: 2385-1937
Publisher: Inferenze coop. Società Benefit, via privata del Gonfalone 4, 20123 – Milano (Italy)
Page layout: Stefano Montagnana
Publication affiliated to A.N.E.S. Associazione Nazionale Editoria Periodica Specializzata
Scientific Direction
Scientific Editors-in-chief: Francesco Forastiere; Francesco Barone-Adesi
Members of the Scientific committee: Annibale Biggeri, Erich Batzella, Carla Ancona, Laura Bonvicini, Elisabetta Listorti, Lorenzo Richiardi, Giuseppe Traversa
Section Editors: Luigi Bisanti, Laura Bonvicini, Silvia Candela, Dario Consonni, Elisabetta Listorti, Stefania Salmaso, Giuseppe Traversa
Associate Editors
- Nerina Agabiti
- Fabrizio Bianchi
- Luigi Bisanti
- Serena Broccoli
- Silvia Candela
- Riccardo Capocaccia
- Michele Carugno
- Cesare Cislaghi
- Dario Consonni
- Giuseppe Costa
- Francesca de'Donato
- Andrea Evangelista
- Pirous Fateh-Moghadam
- Gianluigi Ferrante
- Eliana Ferroni
- Paolo Giorgi-Rossi
- Maria Teresa Greco
- Silvia Maritano
- Alice Masini
- Flavia Mayer
- Franco Merletti
- Salvatore Panico
- Davide Petri
- Andrea Ranzi
- Matteo Renzi
- Fulvio Ricceri
- Giuseppe Ru
- Franca Rusconi
- Antonio Giampiero Russo
- Stefania Salmaso
- Vittorio Simeon
- Giorgia Stoppa
- Mariachiara Tallacchini
- Benedetto Terracini
- Andreluna Ucciero
- Francesco Venturelli
- Giovanni Viegi
- Nicolás Zengarini
Editorial board
Associazione Italiana Epidemiologia (AIE)
- Lorenzo Richiardi
- Dolores Catelan
- Federica Asta
- Valeria Belleudi
- Alice Bernasconi
- Simone Giannini
- Tancredi Lo Presti
- Giovenale Moirano
- Sara Tunesi
Impresa sociale Epidemiologia e Prevenzione Giulio A. Maccacaro
- Franco Berrino
- Luigi Bisanti
- Annibale Biggeri
- Paolo Chiodini
- Gemma Gatta
- Franco Merletti
- Salvatore Panico
- Lorenzo Simonato
INFERENZE coop. Società Benefit
- Maria luisa Clementi
- Valentina Ferrari
- Maria Cristina Porro
Previous Scientific Editors-in-chief
1976-1977 Giulio A. Maccacaro
1977-1990 Piero Morosini, Rodolfo Saracci, Benedetto Terracini
1990-1999 Geppo Costa, Franco Merletti, Nereo Segnan, Paolo Vineis
2000-2010 Benedetto Terracini
2010-2016 Eugenio Paci
2016-2023 Francesco Forastiere, Andrea Micheli
2023-2025 Francesco Forastiere
Important steps in E&P history
1976 Giulio A. Maccacaro founds the journal
1977 The ‘Epidemiology & Prevention’ Cooperative is established and becomes publisher of the journal
1987 E&P is indexed in Medline
2000 The journal is entrusted to a science journalism agency
2007 The first (partial) electronic archive of published articles is created
2009 E&P acquires Impact Factor
2010 Epidemiologia&Prevenzione becomes an online magazine, whilst continuing to publish a print edition
2025 Epidemiologia&Prevenzione is now an online-only magazine
Ownership
The journal is 40% owned by “Società per l’epidemiologia e la prevenzione Giulio A. Maccacaro Impresa sociale srl”, 40% by the Italian Association of Epidemiology, and 20% by Inferenze coop. Società Benefit.
Who funds E&P?
E&P is not funded by any organisation and does not receive any grants. The journal does not carry any advertising and is funded solely by subscription [link a pagina “Subscriptions”] revenue.
Conflicts of interest
E&P has always taken the issue of conflicts of interest among authors and publishers seriously. Please refer to the relevant section for the guidelines on the disclosure of conflicts of interest by authors, referees, and the journal’s editors.
Updated: March 2026