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GERMS

European Academy of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases · Romania · Est. 2011

ISSN2248-2997eISSN2248-2997

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total53

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Removed from DOAJ (2020-02-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.433

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.563

Total Worksi

488

Total Citationsi

5,110

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous); Microbiology (medical); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionRomania

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications488

Publisher OrgEuropean HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Academy

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

European Academy of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2248-2997 / 2248-2997

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

600

2019

616

2020

969

2021

443

2022

221

2023

115

2024

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.

EpidemiologyQ3

Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Q3

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Microbiology (medical)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)Epidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyAntibiotic Use and ResistanceHIV-related health complications and treatmentsHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingNosocomial Infections in ICUHepatitis C virus research

Frequently asked questions about GERMS

Is GERMS a predatory journal?

GERMS was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2020-02-13). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of GERMS?

GERMS 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 1.35.

Is GERMS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GERMS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of GERMS?