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Journal of Tropical Medicine

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1913

ISSN1687-9686eISSN1687-9694

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

126

days submission → published

measured · last 14 articles · accept 208d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.714

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.093

Total Worksi

4,361

Total Citationsi

15,880

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine. Topics: tropical medicine, malaria, leprosy, dengue

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1913

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,361

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~14 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1687-9686 / 1687-9694

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

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

1.4k

2020

902

2021

1.4k

2022

373

2023

260

2024

107

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

MicrobiologyQ2

ParasitologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthTropical Medicine

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)MicrobiologyParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parasites and Host InteractionsHepatitis B Virus StudiesViral Infections and VectorsMosquito-borne diseases and controlMalaria Research and ControlRespiratory viral infections researchHepatitis C virus researchTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchBacteriophages and microbial interactions

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Tropical Medicine

Is Journal of Tropical Medicine a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Journal of Tropical Medicine?

Journal of Tropical Medicine 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 1.93.

Is Journal of Tropical Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Tropical Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Tropical Medicine?