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Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases

AOSIS · South Africa · Est. 2002

ISSN2312-0053eISSN2313-1810
WOS ESCIDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi
20
Total Worksi
550
Total Citationsi
2,613
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.72
Open Impact Factor alternative

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
Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications550
Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis
OA Since2015
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
AOSIS
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2312-0053 / 2313-1810
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
20
133
2019
32
230
2020
37
324
2021
59
243
2022
29
106
2023
40
60
2024
35
23
2025
22
0
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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases

Is Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases?

Southern African Journal of Infectious 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 0.72.

Is Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases?

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 hos

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref