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BMC Infectious Diseases

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1967

ISSN1471-2334eISSN1471-2334

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.983

H-Indexi

175

SNIPi

1.16

Total Worksi

16,768

Total Citationsi

409,327

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 1,480 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications16,768

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

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

LOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-2334 / 1471-2334

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

1.1k

35k

2019

963

26k

2020

1.3k

31k

2021

969

16k

2022

907

10k

2023

1.5k

10k

2024

5.8k

2025

1.8k

351

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsRespiratory viral infections researchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesHIV Research and TreatmentAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosisReproductive tract infections researchAntibiotic Use and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about BMC Infectious Diseases

Is BMC Infectious Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC 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 BMC Infectious Diseases?

BMC 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 2.56.

Is BMC Infectious Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of BMC Infectious Diseases?