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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Public Library of Science · United States · Est. 1945

ISSN1935-2727eISSN1935-2735

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.29

H-Indexi

216

SNIPi

1.443

Total Worksi

13,195

Total Citationsi

538,222

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, and commentaries on neglected tropical diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1945

FrequencyContinuous publication

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications13,195

Publisher OrgPublic Library of Science

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Public Library of Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1935-2727 / 1935-2735

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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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

794

33k

2019

971

32k

2020

26k

2021

813

16k

2022

708

8.9k

2023

753

5.6k

2024

906

2.9k

2025

660

255

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

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ParasitologyTropical Medicine

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parasites and Host InteractionsMosquito-borne diseases and controlResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesTrypanosoma species research and implicationsViral Infections and VectorsParasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentMalaria Research and ControlParasite Biology and Host InteractionsViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchZoonotic diseases and public health

Frequently asked questions about PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Is PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: 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 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases?

PLoS Neglected Tropical 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 3.14.

Is PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases?