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Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN1878-1667

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.596

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.941

Total Worksi

4,096

Total Citationsi

52,110

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases aims to provide a venue for scientific exchange based on the concept of Comparative Medicine. It focuses on immunology and microbiology, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary cooperation between specialists in human and animal medicine, covering infectious diseases and veterinary medicine.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1976

FrequencySix No. A Year 2002-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,096

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-1667

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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?

N/A

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

159

2.9k

2019

148

2.6k

2020

102

1.2k

2021

117

914

2022

103

727

2023

102

370

2024

162

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.

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q1

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

ImmunologyQ3

Immunology and AllergyQ3

MicrobiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyMicrobiologyVeterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyVeterinary (miscellaneous)Immunology and AllergyMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Viral Infections and VectorsAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsVector-borne infectious diseasesAnimal Virus Infections StudiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyVector-Borne Animal DiseasesVirus-based gene therapy researchMicrobial infections and disease researchDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Is Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: 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 Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases?

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 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 Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.