Journal profile · Infectious Diseases
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
ISSN 1413-8670 · eISSN 1678-4391 · Elsevier Editora Ltda · BRAZIL · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.71; fully open access; APC about USD 1,600; median 139 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 55 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is published by Elsevier Editora Ltda and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Regulation, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, together about 20.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI). It aims to publish relevant articles in the broadest sense on all aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases and immune response to infectious agents.The BJID is a bimonthly publication and one of the most influential journals in its field in Brazil and Latin America with a high impact factor, since its inception it has garnered a growing share of the publishing market.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Infectious Diseases
Editor-in-chief Reinaldo SalomãoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 41, United States 7, Germany 3, Peru 2 (53 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions8.4%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine6.4%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine5.4%
- Fungal Infections and StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences4.5%
- Syphilis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.5%
- Science and Education ResearchSocial Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 1.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,546OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,263 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,280 | 1,280 | 27 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 97 |
| 2024 | 687 | 687 | 266 |
| 2023 | 910 | 910 | 490 |
| 2022 | 935 | 935 | 1,067 |
| 2021 | 567 | 567 | 1,419 |
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
139 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 166 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 165 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (116 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 116 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 158 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,600 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,600 / EUR 1,500 / GBP 1,280 / JPY 198,450 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,500 / USD 600 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted16, with length limits
- brief communicationManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…main text ≤ 200 words · abstract ≤ 200 words · figures and tables ≤ 2 · references ≤ 20
- brief communicationsBrief reports of new methods or observations (brief communications)Length not stated
- brief reportManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…Length not stated
- case reportManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…main text ≤ 150 words · abstract ≤ 150 words · references ≤ 20
- case reportsCase presentation and discussion (case reports)Length not stated
- clinical infectious diseases imagesClinical infectious diseases images;Length not stated
- editorialManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…Length not stated
- hypothesisManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…Length not stated
- letterManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…Length not stated
- letters to the editorManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…references ≤ 5
- mini reviewManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…Length not stated
- original articleManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…main text ≤ 300 words · abstract ≤ 300 words · references ≤ 50
- original articlesOriginal basic or clinical investigation (original papers)Length not stated
- original paperManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…Length not stated
- reviewManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…Length not stated
- review articleManuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);• Brief repor…main text ≤ 300 words · abstract ≤ 300 words · references ≤ 80
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
Data availability statement required. Model summary
Manuscripts must be accompanied by a data availability statement for the data used or generated in the research underlying the texts. Kindly incorporate one of the three options below into the text:URL address of the dataset;Statement that all data are available within the text;Indication that the data must be requested from the corresponding author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' to assign to the society the copyright in the manuscript and any tables, illustrations or other material submitted for publication as part of the manuscript (the "Article") in all forms and media (whether now known or later developed), throughout the world, in all languages, for the full term of copyr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized review process. Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints can be shared anywhere at any time. Model summary
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Elsevier Editora Ltda
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1413-8670
- Electronic ISSN
- 1678-4391
- Society / sponsor
- Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
What CAS zone is Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Infectious Diseases. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.71; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 139 days (interquartile range 114–166 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases based?
Of the 53 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (41), United States (7) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .