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Clinical Infectious Diseases

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN1537-6591

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.891

H-Indexi

481

SNIPi

2.01

Total Worksi

37,228

Total Citationsi

2,139,093

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyTwenty Four No. A Year, 2001-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications37,228

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1537-6591

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

1.3k

44k

2019

128k

2020

1.1k

39k

2021

959

24k

2022

799

15k

2023

671

8.1k

2024

752

2.4k

2025

484

276

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

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentRespiratory viral infections researchTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityHIV Research and TreatmentPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Infectious Diseases

Is Clinical Infectious Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Infectious Diseases: 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 Clinical Infectious Diseases?

Clinical 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 4.72.

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

Clinical Infectious Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Infectious Diseases?