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Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases

AOSIS · South Africa · Est. 2002

ISSN2312-0053eISSN2313-1810

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Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total25

Journal Impact Factor

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H-Index

Total Works

550

Total Citations

2,613

2yr Mean Citedness

0.72

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Aims & Scope

The Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases (SAJID) publishes topics on all aspects of infectious diseases, particularly those of importance to the FIDSSA societies. Topics around infection include clinical and epidemiological aspects of communicable diseases, laboratory diagnosis of infections, characterisation of infective agents by molecular techniques and the study of transmission patterns of pathogens in institutional and community settings. Other infection related studies cover surveillance of vaccine-controllable and other infectious diseases, drug susceptibility patterns of hospital-acquired and community-acquired pathogens and infection control strategies for the So

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications550

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

APC Cost$13,476Above median

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

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Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AOSIS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2312-0053 / 2313-1810

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

$13,476

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntibiotic Use and ResistanceHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingGlobal Maternal and Child HealthReproductive tract infections researchVaccine Coverage and HesitancyNeonatal and Maternal Infections