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Journal of Infection Prevention
ISSN 1757-1774 · eISSN 1757-1782 · SAGE
Journal of Infection Prevention: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; median 205 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16.3% (journal website); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Infection Prevention is published by SAGE 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 Infection Control in Healthcare, Nosocomial Infections in ICU and Infection Control and Ventilation, together about 37.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Infection Prevention is the professional publication of the Infection Prevention Society. The aim of the journal is to advance the evidence base in infection prevention and control in all One Health environments impacting healthcare systems. The journal provides a publishing platform for all health professionals and scientists interested in this field of practice. Journal of Infection Prevention is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed publication. The journal aims to increase its multi-professional author and international readership base of professionals interested in infection prevention and control measures and best practice, including: Academics with interest in chemical, physical and biological measures to control specific pathogens, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and biofilms Infection prevention and control professionals Public health and health protection specialists Pharmacists and allied health professionals Primary care professionals including general practice staff, dental staff and sexual health specialists The multi-professional and international Editorial Board are keen to support new authors and are happy to provide guidance on planning and writing papers for publication. The Editorial Board welcome manuscripts on a range of scientific and practice topics and are keen to support new authors. If you wish to join our panel of peer reviewers or the Editorial Board to help maintain the high quality of our publication, please contact the Editor at jip@ips.uk.net. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jips.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Editor-in-chief Jean-Yves MaillardPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 5, France 1, Thailand 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Infection Control in HealthcareMedicine21.2%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine8.3%
- Infection Control and VentilationMedicine7.7%
- Surgical site infection preventionMedicine6.7%
- Medical Device Sterilization and DisinfectionImmunology and Microbiology5.6%
- Antibiotic Use and ResistanceImmunology and Microbiology5.4%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine3.5%
- Urinary Tract Infections ManagementMedicine3.5%
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 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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
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)
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 194OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,394 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 28 | 4 |
| 2025 | 30 | 20 | 21 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | 104 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 150 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 234 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 182 |
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
205 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 120 days – 313 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 241 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (71 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 223 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- full-length, original research articlesFull-length, original research articles These should contain a maximum of 4,000 words (excluding references), including the structured abstract of up to 250 wor…Length not stated
- meta-analysisThe Journal welcomes original manuscripts of the following types: Full-length, original research articles These should contain a maximum of 4,000 words (excludi…Length not stated
- original research articleThe Journal welcomes original manuscripts of the following types: Full-length, original research articles These should contain a maximum of 4,000 words (excludi…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- reviewThe Journal welcomes original manuscripts of the following types: Full-length, original research articles These should contain a maximum of 4,000 words (excludi…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articleThe Journal welcomes original manuscripts of the following types: Full-length, original research articles These should contain a maximum of 4,000 words (excludi…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews No longer than 5,000 words (excluding references) with an abstract of 250 words (excluding references).Length not stated
- systematic reviewThe Journal welcomes original manuscripts of the following types: Full-length, original research articles These should contain a maximum of 4,000 words (excludi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies can be used to improve readability and language. Authors should carefully review and edit the result of AI-driven editing. Authors are responsible and accountable for the contents of the work. Authors should disclose in their manuscript the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process. A statement will appear in …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. You can find information on what to say in your ethical statements, as well as example statements on our Publication ethics and research integrity policies page. All papers …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1757-1774
- Electronic ISSN
- 1757-1782
- Society / sponsor
- Infection Prevention Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Infection Prevention
What CAS zone is Journal of Infection Prevention in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Infection Prevention is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Infectious Diseases / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 Journal of Infection Prevention?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Infection Prevention?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 205 days (interquartile range 120–313 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16.3%. 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 Journal of Infection Prevention?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Journal of Infection Prevention based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (5), France (1) and Thailand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Infection Prevention?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Infection Prevention is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Infection Prevention open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Infection Prevention is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .