Journal profile · INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Infektsiya i Immunitet
ISSN 2220-7619 · eISSN 2313-7398 · Sankt-Peterburg : NIIÈM imeni Pastera · Russian Federation
Infektsiya i Immunitet: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 97 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Infektsiya i Immunitet is published by Sankt-Peterburg : NIIÈM imeni Pastera 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal is devoted to numerous aspects of the interaction between different microorganisms and the host organism. Journal is of interest for microbiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists and clinicians. The most detailed discussion of the following questions: • molecular basis of infections caused by pathogenic bacteria, fungi and parasites; • mechanisms of pathogenicity of microorganisms; • the impact of microbial virulence factors on host cells; • factors and mechanism to protect the host from infection; • factors of nonspecific and specific immunity; • experimental models of infectious disease; • development of vaccines and nonspecific anti-infectious defense.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Editor-in-chief Igor V. MokrousovPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 13, Italy 1, Canada 1, Greece 1, Tunisia 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences12.3%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences12.3%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering12.3%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine4.9%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine4.8%
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosisMedicine4.5%
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine3.7%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 118LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,858 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 46 | 3 |
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | 28 |
| 2024 | 165 | 165 | 129 |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | 148 |
| 2022 | 110 | 110 | 301 |
| 2021 | 103 | 103 | 425 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- Word
Article types accepted5
- original articleAn article must describe the results of a completed study. The maximum length of an article is 40,000 characters (including spaces, abstract, keywords, and bibl…Length not stated
- review articleReview articles provide a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature in a given research area, identifying current gaps and problems. They should be cons…Length not stated
- review articlesReview ArticlesLength not stated
- short communicationThe journal publishes concise articles that possess unquestionable novelty and significance. The total length of a short communication is limited to 8 typewritt…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort CommunicationsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use AI Tools Policy
In light of the rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies, the editorial board of the journal establishes the following rules regarding the use of AI tools in manuscript preparation and the peer review process. If AI tools have been used for the preparation, data analysis, or generation of text sections (excluding technical editing), this must be explicitly described in the "Materi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY license Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, addition…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
"Infektsiya i immunitet" ("Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity") is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication. Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Blind peer review Model summary
All scientific articles submitted to the editorial office of the journal "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" undergo mandatory single-anonymous ("blind") peer review (the authors of the manuscript do not know the reviewers and receive a letter with comments signed by the Editor-in-Chief). Peer review of articles is carried out by members of the Editorial Council and the Editorial Board, as…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Screening and Originality Check
Since 2019, all manuscripts received in the Journal should be checked using the ANTIPLAGIAT system. Model summary
By submitting a manuscript to the editorial office, authors automatically confirm their consent to the verification of the article's text using a plagiarism detection system (Antiplagiat) to identify improper borrowings from publicly available online sources, as well as from internal databases of dissertations and scientific works. The editorial board draws special attention to the following requi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint and Postprint Policy
Prior to acceptance and publication in"Infektsiya i immunitet" ("Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity"), authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites. As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in "Infektsiya i imm…
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
- Sankt-Peterburg : NIIÈM imeni Pastera
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- Russian
- ISSN
- 2220-7619
- Electronic ISSN
- 2313-7398
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Infektsiya i Immunitet
What CAS zone is Infektsiya i Immunitet in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Infektsiya i Immunitet 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.
How long does peer review take at Infektsiya i Immunitet?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Infektsiya i Immunitet?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: Word. 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 Infektsiya i Immunitet based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (13), Italy (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Infektsiya i Immunitet?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Infektsiya i Immunitet is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Infektsiya i Immunitet open access, and what is the APC?
Infektsiya i Immunitet is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .