Open Peer Review Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. RESEARCH NOTE Dynamics of Ebola epidemics in West Africa 2014 [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations] Robin J. Evans , Musa Mammadov 2 University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Australia Federation University, Ballarat, 3350, Australia Abstract This paper investigates the dynamics of Ebola virus transmission in West Africa during 2014. The reproduction numbers for the total period of epidemic and for different consequent time intervals are estimated based on a simple linear model. It contains one major parameter - the average infectious period that defines the dynamics of epidemics. Numerical implementations are carried out on data collected from three countries Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia as well as the total data collected worldwide. Predictions are provided by considering different scenarios involving the average times of infectiousness for the next few months and the end of the current epidemic is estimated according to each scenario. This article is included in the Disease Outbreaks gateway. Musa Mammadov ( ) Corresponding author: m.mammadov@federation.edu.au No competing interests were disclosed. Competing interests: This work was funded by the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) of the Federation University of Australia and the Grant information: University of Melbourne. © 2014 Evans RJ and Mammadov M. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. License Evans RJ and Mammadov M. How to cite this article: Dynamics of Ebola epidemics in West Africa 2014 [version 1; peer review: 1 F1000Research 2014, :319 ( ) approved, 1 approved with reservations] 3 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5941.1 31 Dec 2014, :319 ( ) First published: 3 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5941.1 1 2 1 2 Reviewer Status Invited Reviewers version 2 (revision) 26 May 2015 version 1 31 Dec 2014 1 2 report report report , Middle East Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1 , Arizona State University, Tempe, Yang Kuang USA 2 31 Dec 2014, :319 ( First published: 3 ) https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5941.1 26 May 2015, :319 ( Latest published: 3 ) https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5941.2 v1 Page 1 of 11 F1000Research 2014, 3:319 Last updated: 03 APR 2020