COVID

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2021

ISSN2673-8112eISSN2673-8112

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.279

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.232

Total Worksi

726

Total Citationsi

2,151

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Virology; Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous); Infectious Diseases; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 159 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications726

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-8112 / 2673-8112

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

Swiss National Library, 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

567

2021

129

843

2022

125

454

2023

142

331

2024

211

168

2025

145

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.

Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Q3

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthVirology

Scopus Categories

Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI

Frequently asked questions about COVID

Is COVID a predatory journal?

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

COVID 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 0.92.

Is COVID indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of COVID?