Journal profile · Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Journal of Communicable Diseases
ISSN 0019-5138 · Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases
Journal of Communicable Diseases: subscription journal; 116 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Communicable Diseases is published by Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Dengue and Mosquito Control Research, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine13.6%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine13.6%
- Dengue and Mosquito Control ResearchSocial Sciences9.3%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine5.4%
- Research on Leishmaniasis StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology4.7%
- Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentMedicine4.7%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | Q4 | 314/361 | 13th |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.29OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 889 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 71 | 88 |
| 2025 | 116 | 112 | 123 |
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | 185 |
| 2023 | 47 | 46 | 178 |
| 2022 | 111 | 107 | 182 |
| 2021 | 89 | 84 | 165 |
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
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
- Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases
- ISSN
- 0019-5138
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Communicable Diseases
Which databases index Journal of Communicable Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Communicable Diseases is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Communicable Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Communicable Diseases 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; 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: .