About the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR ) series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Often called “the voice of CDC,” the MMWR  series is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations.

MMWR  readership predominantly consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, and laboratorians.

The data in the weekly MMWR  are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. Questions or comments about the MMWR Series can be sent to mmwrq@cdc.gov or to the following:

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Reports submitted for publication consideration can be sent to the address above or to editorsmmwr@cdc.gov.

MMWR  Weekly: 2017 Journal Impact Factor (Journal Citation Reports, 2018)

• • 12.888
  • Ranked 2nd in the subject category of PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH in the Science Citation Index Expanded edition of Journal Citation Reports

MMWR  Series: 2017 Scimago Journal Rank (SJR)External

• • Recommendations and Reports ‒ SJR: 34.638; ranked 3^rd among 34,171 journals
  • Surveillance Summaries ‒ SJR: 10.892; ranked 71^st among 34,171 journals
  • Weekly ‒ SJR: 9.323; ranked 88^th among 34,171 journals

MMWR  Weekly: Google Scholar h-Index (July 2018)

• h5-indexExternal:110; h5-median:177
• Ranked 1^st of top 20 publications in EpidemiologyExternal.

Circulation

• More than 326,000 electronic subscribers
• The journal site receives more than 17 million page views (CDC Web Statistics).

The MMWR  series of publications is identifiable by the following ISSN numbers:

*Electronic version of the publication

All material in the MMWR  series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.