Ways EID Increases the Impact and Readership of Your Article

• EID is a green open-access, online journal with no fees for authors or readers.

• All content published by EID is immediately and freely available, without embargo, to anyone in the world with Internet access.

• EID deposits all articles with PubMed Central and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

• To track the social impact of each article, EID displays Altmetric scores and citation counts for all articles published.

• Each month, EID sends more than 65,000 subscribers an email featuring the table of contents for each issue.

• Each month, EID sends between 12,000 and 50,000 subscribers an email for each of 25 different topical email alerts.

• EID’s communications staff promotes the journal’s presence on X (Twitter), Instagram, and LinkedIn by creating and sharing social media content that highlights articles published in EID.  

• Each social media post includes the name of the article, name of lead author, and images from selected articles for each issue.

• CDC-authored articles are sent to CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases for reposting on the Center social media accounts.

• A select number of authors from each issue are invited to be interviewed about their articles and the importance of their findings as part of EID’s podcast series.

• Snippets of each podcast are created and shared on social media to increase the reach and impact of the message.

• Articles from past issues and podcasts are promoted in the PDF version of EID that accompanies the online issue.

• Relevant articles are included in the 15 spotlight topics on the EID website on the basis of subject matter.

• Zoonotic articles are sent to CDC’s One Health office for posting in their regular messages to external team members.

Tips for Authors to Increase Impact of Your Article

• Sharing your article on social media improves the chances of your article being found, read, downloaded, and cited.

• To increase the reach of your article, share your article and tag EID journal on X (Twitter), Instagram, and LinkedIn.

• When submitting an article, share your social media username(s) so that EID journal may tag you when publishing posts for your article.

• Eye-catching photos, illustrations, short videos or GIFs, and infographics are more engaging than purely text-based posts. Include interesting visual content with your articles to capture people’s attention on social media and maximize its reach and impact.

• Work with communication staff and the press office at your institution whenever possible to further your message through social media and news outlets.