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ACS Infectious Diseases

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN2373-8227eISSN2373-8227

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.054

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.915

Total Worksi

2,741

Total Citationsi

53,332

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,741

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2373-8227 / 2373-8227

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

247

6.6k

2019

326

9.9k

2020

285

6.5k

2021

238

3.8k

2022

241

2023

363

3.3k

2024

345

961

2025

230

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 DiseasesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MedicinalInfectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyAcademic Writing and PublishingBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingBacteriophages and microbial interactionsBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyMalaria Research and ControlResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesMosquito-borne diseases and control

Frequently asked questions about ACS Infectious Diseases

Is ACS Infectious Diseases a predatory journal?

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

ACS 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 3.74.

Is ACS Infectious Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Infectious Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACS Infectious Diseases?