Journal profile · INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
ISSN 1056-9103 · eISSN 1536-9943 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); subscription journal; median 73 days to acceptance (66 articles, last 24 months); 111 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice is published by Wolters Kluwer 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 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, together about 21.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Editor-in-chief Thomas M FilePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Streptococcal Infections and TreatmentsMedicine8%
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine6.8%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine6.4%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine5.8%
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityMedicine5.8%
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine5.7%
- Fungal Infections and StudiesMedicine5.6%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · INFECTIOUS DISEASES · rank 138/141
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 428OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,888 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 139 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 111 | 10 | 29 |
| 2024 | 93 | 6 | 40 |
| 2023 | 119 | 9 | 82 |
| 2022 | 119 | 11 | 103 |
| 2021 | 116 | 41 | 241 |
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
73 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 30 days – 113 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 113 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 211 days
- Sample
- 66 articles with submission and acceptance dates (135 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1056-9103
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-9943
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
What CAS zone is Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 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.
What is the impact factor of Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 66 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 73 days (interquartile range 30–113 days). 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 JCR quartile is Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, INFECTIOUS DISEASES Q4 (138/141). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .