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International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1996

ISSN1201-9712eISSN1878-3511

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.344

H-Indexi

170

SNIPi

1.195

Total Worksi

19,749

Total Citationsi

272,563

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Medicine (miscellaneous); Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications19,749

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since1995

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1201-9712 / 1878-3511

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

818

12k

2019

2.3k

74k

2020

945

25k

2021

969

12k

2022

810

5.2k

2023

399

3.2k

2024

947

1.6k

2025

710

229

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 DiseasesQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMosquito-borne diseases and controlViral Infections and VectorsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaRespiratory viral infections researchPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchHepatitis B Virus StudiesCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesAntibiotic Use and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Is International Journal of Infectious Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Infectious Diseases: 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 International Journal of Infectious Diseases?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases 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 2.13.

Is International Journal of Infectious Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Infectious Diseases?