Journal profile · Infectious Diseases
Clinical Infectious Diseases
ISSN 1058-4838 · eISSN 1537-6591 · Oxford University Press · UNITED STATES · Semimonthly · Founded 1992
Clinical Infectious Diseases: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 8.13; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,763; median 72 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 752 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Infectious Diseases is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, together about 17.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) is a leading journal in the field of infectious disease with a broad international readership. The Journal publishes articles on a variety of subjects of interest to practitioners and researchers. Topics range from clinical descriptions of infections, public health, microbiology, and immunology to the prevention of infection, the evaluation of current and novel treatments, and the promotion of optimal practices for diagnosis and treatment.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Infectious Diseases
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine6.8%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine5.2%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine5.1%
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentMedicine4.8%
- Respiratory viral infections researchMedicine4.8%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine4.7%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityMedicine4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 8.13LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 17.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 303LetPub ·
- h-index
- 485OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22,631OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 45.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 466LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 37,589 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 546 | 231 | 374 |
| 2025 | 752 | 476 | 2,688 |
| 2024 | 671 | 532 | 8,602 |
| 2023 | 799 | 677 | 14,952 |
| 2022 | 959 | 732 | 24,308 |
| 2021 | 1,099 | 862 | 39,040 |
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
72 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 24 days – 125 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (50 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 89 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,673 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,763 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-6591
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Infectious Diseases
What CAS zone is Clinical Infectious Diseases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Infectious Diseases is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Infectious Diseases / Microbiology / Immunology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Infectious Diseases?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.13; CiteScore 17.1, h-index 485.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Infectious Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 72 days (interquartile range 24–125 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Clinical Infectious Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Infectious Diseases is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Clinical Infectious Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Infectious Diseases is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,763.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .