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Journal of Hospital Infection

W.B. Saunders Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1532-2939

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.024

H-Indexi

175

SNIPi

1.153

Total Worksi

11,420

Total Citationsi

292,748

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Medicine (miscellaneous); Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,420

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-2939

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

264

5.2k

2019

396

20k

2020

312

6.4k

2021

270

3.2k

2022

310

2.7k

2023

296

1.6k

2024

325

679

2025

264

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)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious DiseasesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Infection Control in HealthcareNosocomial Infections in ICUAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaMedical Device Sterilization and DisinfectionSurgical site infection preventionInfection Control and VentilationBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntibiotic Use and ResistanceClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hospital Infection

Is Journal of Hospital Infection a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Hospital Infection: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Journal of Hospital Infection?

Journal of Hospital Infection 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 2.16.

Is Journal of Hospital Infection indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Hospital Infection is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Hospital Infection?