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Infectious Disease Reports

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1981

ISSN2036-7449eISSN2036-7449

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.804

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.763

Total Worksi

860

Total Citationsi

9,055

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 108 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications860

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2008

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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

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2036-7449 / 2036-7449

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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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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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

140

2019

808

2020

2021

104

1.5k

2022

570

2023

612

2024

155

365

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Frequently asked questions about Infectious Disease Reports

Is Infectious Disease Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Infectious Disease Reports: 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 Infectious Disease Reports?

Infectious Disease Reports 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 2.35.

Is Infectious Disease Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Infectious Disease Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Infectious Disease Reports?