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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1907

ISSN1878-3503

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.548

H-Indexi

180

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.769

Total Worksi

20,190

Total Citationsi

409,301

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Tropical Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous); Parasitology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1907

Annual Volume~ 135 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications20,190

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-3503

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

158

2.4k

2019

197

3.1k

2020

200

2.5k

2021

125

946

2022

479

2023

125

404

2024

181

234

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

ParasitologyQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthTropical Medicine

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious DiseasesParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMalaria Research and ControlParasites and Host InteractionsTrypanosoma species research and implicationsResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesParasite Biology and Host InteractionsLegal case studies and regulationsParasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentViral Infections and Vectors

Frequently asked questions about Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Is Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 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 1.49.

Is Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene?