Journal profile · Infectious Diseases
Infection Genetics and Evolution
ISSN 1567-1348 · eISSN 1567-7257 · Elsevier · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly
Infection Genetics and Evolution: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.79; fully open access; APC about USD 2,940; median 93 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 95%; 156 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Infection Genetics and Evolution is published by Elsevier 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 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Mosquito-borne diseases and control, together about 22.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Infection, Genetics and Evolution welcomes articles dealing with genetics, population genetics, genomics, gene expression, population dynamics, mathematical modeling, bioinformatics, and any related area that contributes to improve our understanding of the genetics and evolutionary biology of hosts, pathogens and vectors, as well as coevolution processes among them in relation to infections and infectious diseases manifestations. All infectious models enter the scope of the journal, including pathogens of humans, animals, and plants, either parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses or prions.Please note the following topics are not within scope and will be immediately rejected:In silico vaccine developmentIn vitro testing of new drugs or compoundsClinical microbiology with no relationship to geneticsComputational re-analysis of gene expression dataInfection, Genetics and Evolution and its companion congress MEEGID (for Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases) are the main forum acting for the cross-fertilization between evolutionary science and biomedical research on infectious diseases.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Infectious Diseases
Editor-in-chief Fernando González-CandelasPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United States 13, India 11, Brazil 5, Mainland China 3, Japan 2 (50 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine9.5%
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine5.8%
- Viral Infections and VectorsMedicine5.6%
- Viral Infections and Immunology ResearchMedicine5.3%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine5%
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosisMedicine4.8%
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine4.5%
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 3 |
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
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
- 2.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 142OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,013OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 143LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,983 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 150 | 150 | 64 |
| 2025 | 156 | 156 | 384 |
| 2024 | 161 | 161 | 809 |
| 2023 | 138 | 138 | 1,447 |
| 2022 | 194 | 194 | 2,419 |
| 2021 | 415 | 224 | 6,659 |
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
93 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 65 days – 146 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 1 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 94 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (351 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)
- 95%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 2,940 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,730 / EUR 2,550 / GBP 2,190 / JPY 338,600 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,940 | — | — |
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 1–7
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- In vitro testing of new drugs or compounds; Clinical microbiology with no relationship to genetics; Computational re-analysis of gene expression data
Article types accepted17
- book review* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- book reviews9. Book Reviews, on books whose topics are of interest to the readership of IGE.Length not stated
- discussions3. Discussions, which are articles discussing works previously published in the journal.Length not stated
- letters to the editor* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- meeting reports8. Meeting Reports, which report on meeting and congresses in the topics of interest to the readership of IGE.Length not stated
- opinion* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- opinions/position papers4. Opinions/position papers, which give an opiniated view of the author on a particular theme and may present new challenging concepts.Length not stated
- research paper* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- research papers1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before.Length not stated
- review article* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- review articles6. Review Articles, which are state-of-the-art examination of a given topic. Review articles are either invited by the editor-in-chief or spontaneously submitte…Length not stated
- short communication* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- short communications2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. It is not necessary to follow the standard article structure recommended for research paper…Length not stated
- special issue submissions10. Special issue submissions. They can be any of the types listed above, upon invitation by the guest editor. Spontaneous submissions in the framework of a spe…Length not stated
- standard article* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- technical note* 1. Research papers, that deal with original results that have not been published before. 2. Short communications, which show preliminary results of interest. …Length not stated
- technical notes7. Technical notes, which is technological information of interest to the readership of the journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
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 Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed, does not count as prior publication Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …
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
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1567-1348
- Electronic ISSN
- 1567-7257
- 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 Infection Genetics and Evolution
What CAS zone is Infection Genetics and Evolution in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Infection Genetics and Evolution 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 Infection Genetics and Evolution?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.79; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 142.
How long does peer review take at Infection Genetics and Evolution?
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 93 days (interquartile range 65–146 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 95%”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Infection Genetics and Evolution?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 1–7; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Infection Genetics and Evolution based?
Of the 50 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), India (11) and Brazil (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Infection Genetics and Evolution?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Infection Genetics and Evolution is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Infection Genetics and Evolution open access, and what is the APC?
Infection Genetics and Evolution is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,940.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .