The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology is a peer reviewed journal of Epidemiology

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...

 that promotes the quality of clinical and patient-oriented health services research through the advancement and application of innovative methods of :

• Conducting and presenting primary research;
• Synthesizing research results;
• Disseminating results; and
• Translating results into optimal clinical practice;
• With special attention to the training of new generations of scientists and clinical practice leaders

It was previously published as the Journal of Chronic Diseases until circa 1989. Alvan Feinstein

Alvan Feinstein

Alvan R. Feinstein was a clinician, a researcher and an epidemiologist who made significant impact on clinical investigation, especially on the field of clinical epidemiology that he helped define...

 and Walter O Spitzer successfully convinced Elsevier

Elsevier

Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....

to make the transition.