About Pandemics

Aims

Pandemics (ISSN 3042-9323) is an international, open access journal dedicated to basic, microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological research on potentially pandemic pathogens, as well as to public health and socio-economic consequences of pandemic events. It publishes original research articles, reviews, and communications. There are no restrictions on the length of the papers. Our aim is to disseminate actionable knowledge in a rapidly and readily accessible manner to improve preparedness, response, and recovery strategies for current and future pandemics.

Scope

• Global outbreak dynamics and epidemiology
• Public health policies and pandemic preparedness
• Resource allocation strategies for pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions
• Societal, psychological, and behavioral impact and recovery
• Policy and governance
• Technology and innovation, outbreak prediction and risk forecasting, surveillance tools
• Comparative analyses of past pandemics and their long-term effects
• Climate change and pandemics
• Media and communication in pandemic contexts
• One health approach
• Zoonotic and pre-pandemic vaccines

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

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Book Reviews

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Pandemics will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

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