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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN2049-9957

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.85

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.613

Total Worksi

1,490

Total Citationsi

52,884

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 114 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,490

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-9957

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, 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

104

3.8k

2019

168

13k

2020

142

4.4k

2021

126

3.3k

2022

116

2.8k

2023

1.4k

2024

127

596

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 DiseasesQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious DiseasesParasitologyTropical Medicine

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parasites and Host InteractionsMalaria Research and ControlMosquito-borne diseases and controlTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyParasite Biology and Host InteractionsZoonotic diseases and public healthParasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthViral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Frequently asked questions about Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Is Infectious Diseases of Poverty a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Infectious Diseases of Poverty: 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 Diseases of Poverty?

Infectious Diseases of Poverty 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 5.28.

Is Infectious Diseases of Poverty indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Infectious Diseases of Poverty is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Infectious Diseases of Poverty?