Journal profile · Immunology and Microbiology-Parasitology

Journal of Tropical Medicine

ISSN 1687-9686 · eISSN 1687-9694 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

Journal of Tropical Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.5; fully open access; APC about USD 1,790; median 192 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 24% (journal website); 73 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor2.5Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zoneZone 4 · Medicine2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 3 · Medicine
Review time192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 104 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 1,790Fully open access
Acceptance24%From the journal's website
Articles per year732025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Tropical Medicine is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 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 Parasites and Host Interactions, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Viral Infections and Vectors, together about 22.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Tropical Medicine is an open access journal publishing articles on all aspects of tropical diseases. Topics include pathology, diagnosis and treatment, parasites and their hosts, epidemiology, and public health issues.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Immunology and Microbiology-Parasitology

Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 29%); most named Mainland China 5, India 4, United States 1, France 1, Brazil 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology8.1%
  2. Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine7.4%
  3. Viral Infections and VectorsMedicine7.3%
  4. Hepatitis B Virus StudiesMedicine7.3%
  5. Malaria Research and ControlMedicine6.4%
  6. Respiratory viral infections researchMedicine6%
  7. Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine4.7%
  8. Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine3.9%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorMedicineZone 4
MinorTropical MedicineZone 3
MinorPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
LevelCategoryZone
MajorMedicineZone 3
MinorPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthZone 3
MinorTropical MedicineZone 3

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorMedicineZone 4
MinorPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthZone 4
MinorTropical MedicineZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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 ·
Impact factor (publisher)
2.6Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
5.6LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
5.6Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.71LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
1.25LetPub ·
h-index
54OpenAlex ·
i10-index
428OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
2.17OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
69LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,428 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026969615
20257373154
20244848302
20235353404
202295951,477
20216262944

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

192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 136 days – 235 days

Acceptance to online
median 27 days (104 articles)
Submission to online
median 221 days
Sample
104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (159 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 14 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
24%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
46 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 14 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

Fully open accessDOAJ

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 1,790 / GBP 1,200 / EUR 1,550YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 1,630 / EUR 1,410 / GBP 1,200——
LetPubUSD 1,500Yes—

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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted7
  1. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  2. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  4. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  5. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  7. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Concurrent submissions limited to three manuscripts under review. Model summary

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Data availability statement required with submission. Model summary

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Copyright: authors retain copyright; open access articles under CC BY. Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Peer review model: single-anonymized for applicable article types. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Plagiarism

Plagiarism screening via iThenticate CrossCheck. Model summary

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint policy: preprints accepted and not considered to compromise novelty. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
1687-9686
Electronic ISSN
1687-9694
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Tropical Medicine

What CAS zone is Journal of Tropical Medicine in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Tropical Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Tropical Medicine / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 Journal of Tropical Medicine?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.5; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 54.

How long does peer review take at Journal of Tropical Medicine?

Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 192 days (interquartile range 136–235 days); authors report an average review time of about 14 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24%. 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.

Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Tropical Medicine based?

Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 29%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (5), India (4) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index Journal of Tropical Medicine?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Tropical Medicine is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Journal of Tropical Medicine open access, and what is the APC?

Journal of Tropical Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,790.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .