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MMWR Surveillance Summaries

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1545-8636eISSN1545-8636

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

14.728

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

23.883

Total Worksi

123

Total Citationsi

37,357

2yr Mean Citednessi

51.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Health Information Management; Health (social science); Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications123

Publisher OrgCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1545-8636 / 1545-8636

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.1k

2019

4.6k

2020

3.1k

2021

1.6k

2022

2023

266

2024

652

2025

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.

EpidemiologyQ1

Health Information ManagementQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisHealth (social science)Epidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reproductive Health and TechnologiesReproductive Health and ContraceptionGun Ownership and Violence ResearchFamily and Disability Support ResearchAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchHomicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseInjury Epidemiology and PreventionChild Nutrition and Feeding IssuesSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyMosquito-borne diseases and control

Frequently asked questions about MMWR Surveillance Summaries

Is MMWR Surveillance Summaries a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for MMWR Surveillance Summaries: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of MMWR Surveillance Summaries?

MMWR Surveillance Summaries 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 51.07.

Is MMWR Surveillance Summaries indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

MMWR Surveillance Summaries is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of MMWR Surveillance Summaries?