IDCases

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1822

ISSN2214-2509eISSN2214-2509

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.296

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.501

Total Worksi

2,599

Total Citationsi

14,732

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1822

Annual Volume~ 267 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,599

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2214-2509 / 2214-2509

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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?

Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 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

205

1.9k

2019

368

4.1k

2020

333

2021

302

1.5k

2022

247

844

2023

216

386

2024

337

247

2025

254

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 DiseasesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Streptococcal Infections and TreatmentsInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementFungal Infections and StudiesAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityInfectious Diseases and TuberculosisMycobacterium research and diagnosisBacterial Infections and VaccinesInfectious Diseases and MycologyTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyAmoebic Infections and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about IDCases

Is IDCases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IDCases: 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 IDCases?

IDCases 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 0.72.

Is IDCases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of IDCases?