Journal profile · Multiple
Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines
ISSN 2055-0936 · BMC · United Kingdom
Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,790; median 101 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines is published by BMC 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 Travel-related health issues, Parasites and Host Interactions and Malaria Research and Control, together about 34.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines is an open access journal that considers basic, translational and applied research, as well as reviews and commentary, related to the prevention and management of healthcare and diseases in international travelers. Given the changes in demographic trends of travelers globally, as well as the epidemiological transitions which many countries are experiencing, the journal considers non-infectious problems including chronic disease among target populations of interest as well as infectious diseases.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Marco GoeijenbierPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 13, Netherlands 9, Canada 5, Thailand 3, Italy 2 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Travel-related health issuesMedicine15.3%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology10%
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine9.3%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine8.5%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine4.7%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine4%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences3.8%
- Viral Infections and VectorsMedicine3.8%
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 | Tropical Medicine | Zone 3 |
| 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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Tropical Medicine | Zone 3 |
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
EmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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 (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 306,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 310 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 14 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 213 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 204 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 202 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 382 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 618 |
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
101 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 57 days – 141 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 146 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (86 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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 2,290 / USD 2,790 / GBP 1,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,790 / EUR 2,290 / GBP 1,990 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,890 / USD 2,690 / EUR 2,190 | Yes | — |
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
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2055-0936
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines
What CAS zone is Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Tropical Medicine / Infectious Diseases / 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 Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 101 days (interquartile range 57–141 days); authors report an average review time of about 17 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), Netherlands (9) and Canada (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines open access, and what is the APC?
Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,790.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .