Journal profile · Parasitology
Malaria Journal
ISSN 1475-2875 · BioMed Central · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 2002
Malaria Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.69; fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 133 days to acceptance (135 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 525 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Malaria Journal is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Parasites and Host Interactions, together about 63.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Malaria Journal is aimed at the scientific community interested in malaria in its broadest sense. It is the only journal that publishes exclusively articles on malaria and, as such, it aims to bring together knowledge from the different specialities involved in this very broad discipline, from the bench to the bedside and to the field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Parasitology
Editor-in-chief Chris DrakeleyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 36, United Kingdom 20, Australia 17, France 9, Kenya 9 (140 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine39.7%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine14.2%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology10%
- Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentMedicine5.9%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine4.1%
- Pharmaceutical Quality and CounterfeitingMedicine3.9%
- Invertebrate Immune Response MechanismsImmunology and Microbiology3.6%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Tropical Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Tropical Medicine | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Tropical Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- Impact factor
- 3.69LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,776OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 27%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 511LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 6,400,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,363 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 394 | 394 | 117 |
| 2025 | 525 | 525 | 1,598 |
| 2024 | 403 | 403 | 3,438 |
| 2023 | 385 | 385 | 5,643 |
| 2022 | 401 | 401 | 7,717 |
| 2021 | 486 | 486 | 11,361 |
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
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 91 days – 181 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (135 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 135 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,016 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)
- 2–4 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,590 / USD 2,990 / GBP 2,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,890 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | Yes | — |
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)
Open calls for papers4, by deadline
- AI for Malaria Elimination: Data-Driven Innovations in Surveillance and ControlDeadline
- Perennial malaria chemoprevention: Delivery, coverage and protectionDeadline
- Plasmodium falciparum genotyping: Subnational mapping of anti-malarial drug resistance in AfricaDeadline
- Diagnosing the Data: Malaria RDT Recording and Reporting Accuracy in Four African Countries and Implications for SurveillanceDeadline
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1475-2875
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Malaria Journal
What CAS zone is Malaria Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Malaria Journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Tropical Medicine / Infectious Diseases / Parasitology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Malaria Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.69; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 174.
How long does peer review take at Malaria Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 135 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 91–181 days); authors report an average review time of 2–4 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Malaria Journal based?
Of the 140 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (36), United Kingdom (20) and Australia (17). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Malaria Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Malaria Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Malaria Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Malaria Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
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: .