The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology aims at promoting the quality of clinical and patient-oriented health care 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.

Editors
A. Knottnerus, PhD
Professor of General Practice, Netherlands School of Primary Care Research
Senior Scientist, Care and Publich Health Research Institute (CAPHRI)
Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
P. Tugwell, PhD
University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Associate Editors
L. van Amelsvoort
Maastricht, Netherlands
M. Bours
Maastricht, the Netherlands
T. Dans
Manila, Philippines
J. P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc
Stanford, CA, United States
J. McGowan
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A Tricco, MSc, PhD
Toronto, Canada
G. Wells
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Editorial Managers
L. Fitzpatrick
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A. Germeraad
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Editor Emeritus
J. P. Vandenbroucke
(Journal of Clnical Epidemiology) Leiden, The Netherlands
D.P. Earle
(Journal of Chronic Diseases) Chicago, IL, USA
A.R. Feinstein
New Haven, CT, USA
L.C. Lasagna
Boston, MA, USA
W.O. Spitzer
Kingston, ON, Canada
Editorial Board
K. Bell
Sidney, Australia
L. Bero
San Francisco, California, United States
O. Berwanger, MD, PhD
SAO PAULO, Brazil
C. Bombardier
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A. Buron
Barcelona, Spain
Y. Chen
Lanzhou, China
R. Christensen
Odense, Denmark
J. C. Craig, MD, PhD, MM (Clin Epi)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
I. Dans
Manila, Philippines
R. De Vet
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
R. Dennis
Bogota, Colombia
S.A.R. Doi, MBBS, MMed, MClinEpid, PhD, FRCP
Doha, Qatar
S. English
Ottawa, Canada
P. Glasziou
Gold Coast, Australia
G. Guyatt
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
R. Hooper
London, UK
D. Kotz
Düsseldorf, Germany
F. Lanas
Temuco, Chile
M. A. D. Lansang
Manila, Philippines
T. Li, PhD
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
E. Mayo-Wilson
Baltimore, USA
N. Mdege, MPH
Zimbabwe
D. Moher
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A. Morabia
New York, New York, United States
P. Olupotolupot
Nigeria
M. Page
Monash, Australia
K. Prasad
New Delhi, India
D.F. Ransohoff
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
F. Rosendaal
Leiden, The Netherlands
S. Serghiou
Stanford, USA
S. Straus
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Van den Akker
Maastricht, The Netherlands
K. Yusof
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia