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Infection and Drug Resistance

Dove Medical Press Ltd · New Zealand · Est. 1885

ISSN1178-6973eISSN1178-6973

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.791

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.004

Total Worksi

4,796

Total Citationsi

82,250

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

An international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on the optimal treatment of infection (bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic) and the development and institution of preventative strategies to minimize the development and spread of resistance.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1885

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,796

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dove Medical Press Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1178-6973 / 1178-6973

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

384

13k

2019

470

15k

2020

551

12k

2021

735

9.8k

2022

705

7.9k

2023

563

2.8k

2024

599

1.6k

2025

487

102

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Infectious DiseasesQ2

PharmacologyQ2

Pharmacology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious DiseasesPharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmacology (medical)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntibiotic Use and ResistanceAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyNosocomial Infections in ICUAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityMycobacterium research and diagnosis

Frequently asked questions about Infection and Drug Resistance

Is Infection and Drug Resistance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Infection and Drug Resistance: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Infection and Drug Resistance?

Infection and Drug Resistance is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.19.

Is Infection and Drug Resistance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Infection and Drug Resistance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.