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Epidemics

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1969

ISSN1755-4365eISSN1878-0067

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.006

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.702

Total Worksi

924

Total Citationsi

22,471

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Microbiology; Virology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications924

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1755-4365 / 1878-0067

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, 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

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

2.4k

2019

1.1k

2020

1.9k

2021

1.6k

2022

639

2023

518

2024

187

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ1

ParasitologyQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

EpidemiologyQ2

MicrobiologyQ2

VirologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

VirologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyEpidemiologyParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 epidemiological studiesInfluenza Virus Research StudiesAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyData-Driven Disease SurveillanceViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchZoonotic diseases and public healthViral Infections and VectorsMosquito-borne diseases and controlHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Frequently asked questions about Epidemics

Is Epidemics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Epidemics: 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 Epidemics?

Epidemics 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 3.23.

Is Epidemics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Epidemics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Epidemics?