Epidemiology: Open Access
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Christian Napoli
Dept. of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology
University of Bari
Italy
Tel: 339636881
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Christian Napoli is a medical doctor involved in the field of public health and epidemiology and control of infectious disease. After the degree of specialization in “Hygiene and Public Health” at the University of Bari (Bari, Italy) and a course in “Applied Epidemiology” at the CDC /Emory University (Atlanta, USA) he become Assistant Professor of Public Health at the Medical School of University of Bari in 2005. Since the same year, he serves as Medical Doctor at the Complex Operative Unit of “Hygiene Epidemiology and Public Health”, regional hospital “Azienda Sanitaria Policlinico” (Bari, Italy) where in 2008 he become Responsible for “Environmental Health” Unit. At the University of Bari, he teaches “General and Applied Hygiene” at the Medical School and coordinate several Research Projects in the field of Hospital Hygiene, Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Oral Public Health and Food Hygiene. Since 2011, Dr Napoli is Visiting Researcher at the Italian National Centre for Epidemiology (National Institute of Health, Rome Italy), where he collaborate to the activities of the Legionellosis National Surveillance, Syndromic Surveillance on Migrant Population and of the Epidemiological Surveillance of Emerging Arboviral Infections (West Nile Virus, Dengue and Chikungunya). Since 2012 he is Seconded Researcher at the Italian National Centre for Epidemiology. He is author of more than 75 articles published in national and international journals.

Hospital Hygiene and Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections, Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases (Legionellosis, Arboviral Infections, Mycoses), Oral Public Health, Food Hygiene.

1. How many years have you been associated with the current research?
Two years

2. What is the research topic you are working on now?
Epidemiology and surveillance of infectious diseases

3. What are attributes for a quality article?
Originality and possibility to be cited

4. Do you have any research funding (NIH or other national funding) now?
My department has it

5. When did you become an editor of OMICS Journal?
In 2012

6. Where can the journal find the maximum scope in terms of niche?
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7. What is your greatest career accomplishment?
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8. How does the published scientific content assist the potential researchers?
By having original articles to cite

9. What is the purpose of serving as an editor?
To achieve the maximum level of citation and IF for his journal

10. Do you have any patents?
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11. Have you contributed any editorials or papers (any types) to OMICS Journals in the past two years?
Yes

12. Do you plan to contribute any editorials or papers to OMICS Journals in the next year?
Probably yes

13. How would you define your experience with OMICS Group?
Good

14. Your opinion on conducting Editorial Board meetings at related Conferences?
N.A.

15. Would you recommend OMICS to your friends or colleagues?
Yes