About the Journal

The International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) is an electronic, open-access, peer-reviewed journal focussing on the science pertaining to population data.

It publishes articles on all aspects of research, development and evaluation connected with data about people and populations. These include:

  • Accessing distributed data
  • Analytical advances
  • Architectures and infrastructures
  • Capacity building
  • Delivering and measuring impact
  • Data and linkage quality
  • Epidemiology
  • Ethical, legal and societal implications (ELSI)
  • Legal and regulatory issues
  • Linking to emerging/complex data types
  • Outcomes-based research
  • Privacy-protection methodologies
  • Public involvement and engagement
  • Service evaluations
  • Technological advances in data storage and management
  • Using big data

The creation of the IJPDS was inspired by the International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN). The journal has a regular section for topics of particular interest to the IPDLN sub-edited by the Director(s) of the network.



We are very excited here at IJPDS to announce that Crowd is now LIVE – the very first online global Population Data Science community!

This is a dedicated online global meeting space specifically designed for the entire Population Data Science community, to come together wherever you are in the world.

It is free to join this exceptional and diverse international community, which now enables us all to meet, chat, share and showcase, in real-time, whenever we want.

Plus, you will find a growing body of Population Data Science resources on Crowd such as courses to attend, specialist groups to join, live stream conferences and events, webinars and more.

Crowd opens up new possibilities for us all to freely connect with one another for the very first time by removing barriers, borders and restrictions. Now, we can communicate and collaborate, and really create some impact together!

Crowd is now OPEN.
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The Four Categories of Population Data Science

Data Use for Positive Impact Bringing together and analysing data from multiple sources Identifying population level insights Developing safe, privacy-sensitive and ethical infrastructure to support research

UKRI announces new Open Access Policy

UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new policy will increase opportunity for the findings of publicly funded research to be accessed, shared and reused.

Following extensive consultation with the sector, UKRI has published a single Open Access Policy for research publications that acknowledge funding from its councils.

UKRI’s updated policy requires immediate open access for peer-reviewed research articles submitted for publication from 1 April 2022.

For More Information Click Here

Readership - Reaching the Right Audience

IJPDS benefits from an established specialist global audience spanning six continents within the field of population data science through its strategic partner, the International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN). We publish articles from around the world in order to highlight how the field of population data science is impacting societies globally.

IJPDS publishes research of interest to a number of sectors including:

  • Academia and research institutes
  • Governments
  • Healthcare and hospitals
  • Third sector organisations
  • Private sector organisations (e.g. Information Technology, Manufacturing, Consultancies)
  • Life Sciences

Our established readership spans a broad spectrum of specialist areas within population data science. Here is an example of the types of experts included in the Journal's readership:

  • Government officials
  • The public
  • Regulators
  • Academics (scholars, researchers, students)
  • Information governance professionals
  • Data Scientists
  • Statisticians
  • Epidemiologists and public health workers
  • Social scientists
  • Technologists (computer and information sciences)
  • Public Engagement professionals
  • Media

The IJPDS has a particular interest in engaging with the public, the ultimate beneficiaries of population data science research, which sets us apart from other scientific journals.

We value research within the field of population data science that truly impacts society and are uniquely committed to connecting academia with the public to keep them informed of exciting new research as it unfolds.


Variety of Manuscripts Welcome

At IJPDS we appreciate that good quality research is presented in different formats.

The Journal distinguishes itself by accepting a broad range of submission formats that may be out of scope for other academic journals. These include:

  • Research articles
  • Review articles
  • Protocol papers
  • Methodological developments
  • Applied papers
  • Case studies
  • Features on a particular topic
  • Commentaries
  • Comments and letters
  • Reports of events
  • Working papers
  • General reader summaries of complex topics
  • Help-sheets and tips
  • Informative reports
  • Consultations

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

Whilst we are committed to keeping our APCs competitively priced for our authors, we must ensure the sustainability of IJPDS by covering all costs associated with the open access publishing process, from initial submission through to final publication and promotional activities.

Therefore, we will only ever charge what is necessary for the welfare of the journal and the satisfaction of its contributing authors.

Follow this link for details of the IJPDS Article Processing Charges


Publishing Datasets

Sharing the data that accompanies your published research is a positive growing trend for the research community. Whilst we recognise that it is not always possible to share all data openly for ethical or confidentiality reasons, IJPDS encourages the sharing of non-sensitive raw data along with details of the software used wherever possible.


Why Share Research Data?

Benefits to the research community – Datasets are valuable to the research community and re-use of data avoids duplication of effort and the associated costs. This, in turn, can stimulate further research.

Benefits to the public – Stimulating further research through data sharing wherever possible is in the public’s interest as it can help accelerate the pace of research and its subsequent impact.

Satisfying Funders – Research funders are increasingly stipulating the sharing of data as a requirement. For example, in the UK, the ESRC stipulates that grant holders must formally deposit all data in a responsible data repository.

Increase research impact – Publishing your data is not only a good way of demonstrating that you were the first to conduct the research, but if your data is re-used, then you will benefit from citations in addition to the accompanying article.

Scientific Integrity – Sharing data allows others to replicate, validate, and correct your results thereby adding to the integrity of the science.

For details on how and where to submit your data, please refer to the Author Guidelines.

Current Issue

IJPDS Standard Issue

IJPDS Standard Issue Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021) View All Issues

Latest Articles

Evaluating pregnancy reporting in Siaya Health and Demographic Surveillance System through record linkage with ANC clinics

Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli, Julio Romero Prieto, Julie Ambia, Sammy Khagayi, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Georges Reniers
Published online: Sep 29, 2022

Announcements

IJPDS is now listed in MEDLINE

January 10, 2022

We are delighted to have another prestigious directory under our belt with the inclusion of IJPDS in MEDLINE.

MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains more than 28 million references to journal articles in life sciences, with citations from more than 5,200 worldwide journals in about 40 languages. and its records are indexed with NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). A distinctive feature of MEDLINE is that the records are indexed with NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

To find out more about MEDLINE visit https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline/medline_overview.html

Open Calls

IJPDS Special Issue: Public Involvement & Engagement – reopened

IJPDS is very pleased to reopen the special issue on Public Involvement & Engagement.

The closing date is 16th December 2022 and we very much look forward to receiving new papers in this increasingly important area of work.

Access the full details of the call here.

Special issue on cross-centre research and development - reopened

At IJPDS, we’re delighted to reopen our special issue focusing on cross-centre research and development. The special issue was first run way back in 2018 and we published a variety of valuable papers contributing to the knowledge base in this area of work. We would like to invite authors who didn’t have the opportunity last time, or those who have a significant update or new work to present, to submit a paper to the reopened special issue.

The closing date is 16th December 2022 and we very much look forward to receiving new papers in this rapidly developing area of work.

Access the full details of the call here.

Special Call for manuscripts – Bringing together non-routine and routine data

This special call is for articles on bringing together non-routine data with routinely-collected population datasets. Non-routine data are defined here are as data collected for their primary purpose and so could be from: e.g. a survey, a clinical trial, an audit, an evaluation, a registry, a biobank, and various kinds of quantitative or qualitative research study.

Access the full details of the call here.

Re-opening the call for Data Centre Profile articles

In 2019, IJPDS issued a call for Data Centre Profile articles. We are very pleased to announce that we’re re-opening this call to allow further articles to be submitted.

Special Call for manuscripts – Population Data Science for COVID-19

We find ourselves in a global pandemic, referred to as COVID-19. There is much research underway on all aspects of the pandemic, including to slow its spread, improve diagnostic tests and develop a vaccine. Population Data Science has a unique part to play because of the availability of large-scale datasets on the general population or on specific cohorts, such as age groups, geographic regions, particular health conditions or socio-economic levels.

We will endeavour to expedite the review process and to publish articles in this special issue as a priority.

Access the full details of the call here.

Call for Letters to the Editor

Has an IJPDS article captured your attention?

Do you have something valuable to add?

Then why not submit a Letter to the Editor?

Scientific discourse doesn’t stop on publication – help us to build on these new discoveries with your own knowledge and ideas.

For more details see our author guidelines.

Call for new submissions

IJPDS is now accepting new submissions and publishes on a continual basis. To submit a manuscript, you will be asked to register. IJPDS accepts a wide variety of manuscript types. Please refer to the author guidelines for the full list.


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