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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.
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ISSN 1413-8670Verify ISSN ↗1678-4391Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Editora Ltda
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 188 / 361 | 48th | Q3 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 87 / 147 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.2.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is Q3 in Infectious Diseases (rank 188 of 361) and Q3 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 87 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 48th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.549, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 62.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,600 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. Its print ISSN is 1413-8670 and its online ISSN is 1678-4391.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases has an h-index of 77 and a 2-year mean of 0.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #318 of 354 Scopus journals in Infectious Diseases.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases published 55 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 935. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 90 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Brazil (97.2%), United States (1.1%) and Mozambique (0.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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