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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN1873-0442
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
75
/ 100
High Trust
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total75
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.955
H-Index
96
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.049
Total Works
2,916
Total Citations
58,348
2yr Mean Citedness
3.03
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Retractions
1
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on infectious diseases, with a particular focus on travel-related illnesses, imported cases, and their epidemiological and molecular characteristics. Articles cover a range of pathogens including arboviruses like dengue and chikungunya, parasitic infections such as malaria and echinococcosis, and bacterial infections like melioidosis and relapsing fever. The scope also includes studies on disease prevention, treatment, and the impact of factors like climate change and migration on disease spread, often with an emphasis on international travelers and specific geographic regions.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
20
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1969
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,916
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
OA Since2022
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~20 weeks
Acceptance Rate
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

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Elsevier Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1873-0442
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Portico, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1
Infectious DiseasesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious DiseasesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Travel-related health issuesMosquito-borne diseases and controlMalaria Research and ControlViral Infections and VectorsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesParasites and Host InteractionsViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchZoonotic diseases and public healthVector-borne infectious diseasesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref