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Diseases

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1982

ISSN2079-9721eISSN2079-9721

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.919

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.953

Total Worksi

1,665

Total Citationsi

20,217

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Diseases provides an advanced forum for studies related to human diseases and conditions. It covers prevention, diagnosis, and management of human diseases, pathology, immunology, hereditary disease, and physiological disease. The journal also reinforces research efforts on internal medicine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), disease, pandemic, and intensive care medicine.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

FrequencyQuarterly, 2014-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,665

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~6 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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 Library e-HelveticaCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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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?

2079-9721 / 2079-9721

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Swiss National Library e-Helvetica, 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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

1.2k

2020

2.2k

2021

130

1.8k

2022

187

2.4k

2023

333

2.2k

2024

418

1.1k

2025

225

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentLong-Term Effects of COVID-19SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchNutrition and Health in AgingGut microbiota and healthDiet and metabolism studiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlNutritional Studies and DietHepatitis C virus research

Frequently asked questions about Diseases

Is Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Diseases: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Diseases?

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 3.00.

Is Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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