Communicable diseases

Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal with leading academic content focused on public health. It provides open access information on the epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases in Australia and the near region.

What the journal is

The CDI journal publishes: 

  • original academic articles
  • surveillance reports
  • short reports
  • letters to the editor
  • policy and guidelines
  • notices to readers
  • editorials. 

Original articles, short reports and letters to the editor are peer reviewed by trusted experts in the field, ensuring the quality of the research published.

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Why it’s important

All content in CDI is free to access via the Open Journal Systems platform.

Thousands of people access CDI articles, which helps further research and understanding of various public health risks. This open sharing of information can lead to better interventions to protect people’s health and wellbeing.

CDI’s extensive evidence-base of significant academic and research study also informs our work to tackle communicable diseases in Australia.

Five decades of history

CDI has been published as a bulletin, and later a journal, since 1977. 

Today, CDI also acts as a historical archive of public health information, with an extensive repository of articles dating back to the journal’s origins. 

The Open Journal Systems platform contains all CDI articles published from 1996 onward.

CDI is:

Many of the earliest articles have been kept in hardcopy. You can request scanned copies of CDI articles from 1977 to 1995 by contacting the editorial team.

Submissions

CDI encourages submissions, relevant to the communicable disease situation in Australia and the near region, from:

  • practitioners, researchers, and technical experts in all disciplines across the public health field
  • advanced trainees and postgraduate students

Read submissions instructions to authors.

Editorial team

The editorial team consists of:

  • Editor – Christina Bareja
  • Deputy Editor – Simon Petrie
  • Design and Production – Lisa Thompson
  • Web Content Migration Officer – Ken Vesperman
  • CDI Support Officer – Sehaj Dhillon.

An Editorial Advisory Board supports the editorial team.

Editorial Advisory Board

The CDI Editorial Advisory Board:

  • provides expert advice to the editorial team
  • advocates for CDI in the broader community
  • serves as a critical sounding board for the editorial team on editorial ideas and themes
  • provides ideas for features and news and thoughts on current trends
  • provides constructive feedback on published issues. 

The current EAB members are: 

Becoming a reviewer

If you are interested in becoming a reviewer for CDI, email the editorial team with your details and areas of expertise.

Contact

Communicable Diseases Intelligence contact

Email the editorial team for more information about Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI), to request CDI content from 1977 to 1996, to become a reviewer, or to send your submission package.
cdi.editor@health.gov.au

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

ISSN: 2209-6051 (Online)

Disclaimer

Opinions expressed in Communicable Diseases Intelligence are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Australian Government, the interim Australian Centre for Disease Control or the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Data may be subject to revision.

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