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Journal of Infection and Public Health is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 1876-0341Verify ISSN ↗1876-035XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 64 / 725 | 91st | Q1 |
| Infectious Diseases | 54 / 361 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.7.
Journal of Infection and Public Health is Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 64 of 725) and Q1 in Infectious Diseases (rank 54 of 361), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Infection and Public Health 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 7.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.149, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 82.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,310 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.
Journal of Infection and Public Health is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1876-0341 and its online ISSN is 1876-035X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Infection and Public Health has an h-index of 101 and a 2-year mean of 3.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #80 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
Journal of Infection and Public Health published 387 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 452. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (17%), Saudi Arabia (8.4%) and Iran (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 7 retracted papers are recorded (2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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