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Acta Tropica

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1932

ISSN1873-6254

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

0.676

H-Indexi

153

SNIPi

0.989

Total Worksi

8,184

Total Citationsi

222,782

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Parasitology; Tropical Medicine; Insect Science; Veterinary (miscellaneous); Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1932

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2000-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,184

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-6254

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

395

9.5k

2019

376

7.8k

2020

398

5.8k

2021

396

4.5k

2022

272

2.4k

2023

402

2024

418

712

2025

325

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.

Insect ScienceQ1

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q1

Infectious DiseasesQ2

ParasitologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ParasitologyTropical Medicine

Scopus Categories

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Insect ScienceInfectious DiseasesParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parasites and Host InteractionsMosquito-borne diseases and controlResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesTrypanosoma species research and implicationsMalaria Research and ControlParasite Biology and Host InteractionsViral Infections and VectorsVector-borne infectious diseasesHelminth infection and controlParasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Frequently asked questions about Acta Tropica

Is Acta Tropica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Tropica: 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 Acta Tropica?

Acta Tropica 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 2.12.

Is Acta Tropica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Tropica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Tropica?