Journal profile · Medicine-Infectious Diseases
African Journal of Infectious Diseases
ISSN 2006-0165 · eISSN 2505-0419 · African Ethnomedicines Network
African Journal of Infectious Diseases: fully open access; median 103 days to acceptance (19 articles, last 24 months); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
African Journal of Infectious Diseases is published by African Ethnomedicines Network. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, together about 24% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
African Journals OnLine (AJOL) is an online service that provides access to African-published research, and increases worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine9.1%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine7.9%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine6.4%
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine6.1%
- Antibiotic Use and ResistanceImmunology and Microbiology4.3%
- Parasitic Infections and DiagnosticsImmunology and Microbiology4.3%
- Virology and Viral DiseasesMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | Q3 | 233/361 | 35th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 10.67OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 256 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 252 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 279 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 338 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 286 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 295 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
103 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 136 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 105 days (19 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 221 days
- Sample
- 19 articles with submission and acceptance dates (28 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- African Ethnomedicines Network
- ISSN
- 2006-0165
- Electronic ISSN
- 2505-0419
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about African Journal of Infectious Diseases
How long does peer review take at African Journal of Infectious Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 19 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 103 days (interquartile range 50–136 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index African Journal of Infectious Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, African Journal of Infectious Diseases is indexed in Scopus.
Is African Journal of Infectious Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
African Journal of Infectious Diseases is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .