Journal profile · INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Infectious Diseases
ISSN 2374-4235 · eISSN 2374-4243 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · NORWAY
Infectious Diseases: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.5; hybrid open access; median 119 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); 128 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Infectious Diseases is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, together about 21% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Infectious Diseases (formerly Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on all aspects of human infection, including pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases, and also on medical microbiology and epidemiology
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine8.1%
- Streptococcal Infections and TreatmentsMedicine6.8%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine6.1%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Bacterial Infections and VaccinesImmunology and Microbiology5.5%
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine4.9%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine4.9%
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
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,545OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 97LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,520 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91 | 38 | 13 |
| 2025 | 128 | 58 | 231 |
| 2024 | 136 | 64 | 744 |
| 2023 | 106 | 47 | 722 |
| 2022 | 99 | 51 | 912 |
| 2021 | 142 | 57 | 3,291 |
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 Crossref · to
119 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 167 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 131 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (245 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- NORWAY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2374-4235
- Electronic ISSN
- 2374-4243
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Infectious Diseases
What CAS zone is Infectious Diseases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, 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 Infectious Diseases?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.5; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 107.
How long does peer review take at Infectious Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 119 days (interquartile range 59–167 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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 Infectious Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Infectious Diseases is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Infectious Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Infectious Diseases is a hybrid 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .