Journal profile · INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
ISSN 0725-3141 · eISSN 1445-4866 · Health Protection Policy Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health
Communicable Diseases Intelligence: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 67 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Communicable Diseases Intelligence is published by Health Protection Policy Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health 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 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine12.6%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
- Bacterial Infections and VaccinesImmunology and Microbiology9.5%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences6.2%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Virology and Viral DiseasesMedicine4%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.6%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epidemiology | Q3 | 109/173 | 37th |
| Infectious Diseases | Q3 | 256/361 | 29th |
| Microbiology (medical) | Q4 | 115/147 | 22nd |
| Immunology | Q4 | 201/243 | 17th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 538OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 28.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.34%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,924 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 62 | 448 |
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 653 |
| 2024 | 59 | 59 | 805 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | 925 |
| 2022 | 85 | 85 | 1,027 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 | 1,079 |
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.
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.
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
- Health Protection Policy Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health
- ISSN
- 0725-3141
- Electronic ISSN
- 1445-4866
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Communicable Diseases Intelligence
What CAS zone is Communicable Diseases Intelligence in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Communicable Diseases Intelligence 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Communicable Diseases Intelligence?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Communicable Diseases Intelligence is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Communicable Diseases Intelligence open access, and what is the APC?
Communicable Diseases Intelligence 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; 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: .