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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Elsevier Editora Ltda · Brazil · Est. 1997

ISSN1413-8670eISSN1678-4391

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.549

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.738

Total Worksi

7,159

Total Citationsi

51,950

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,159

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2000

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Cariniana NetworkCLOCKSSKoninklijke BibliotheekPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Editora Ltda

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1413-8670 / 1678-4391

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Cariniana Network, CLOCKSS, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, PMC

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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

1.3k

2019

2.1k

2020

567

1.4k

2021

935

1.1k

2022

910

473

2023

687

251

2024

2025

1.3k

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 DiseasesQ3

Microbiology (medical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare RegulationHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyFungal Infections and StudiesAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaPublic Health in BrazilHepatitis B Virus StudiesSyphilis Diagnosis and TreatmentScience and Education ResearchHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic

Frequently asked questions about Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Is Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases a predatory journal?

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

Brazilian 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 0.12.

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

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

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