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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Journal of Infection in Developing Countries.
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ISSN 1972-2680Verify ISSN ↗2036-6590Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parasitology | 51 / 82 | 38th | Q3 |
| Infectious Diseases | 225 / 361 | 37th | Q3 |
| Virology | 62 / 86 | 28th | Q3 |
| Microbiology | 146 / 194 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.4.
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries is Q3 in Parasitology (rank 51 of 82), Q3 in Infectious Diseases (rank 225 of 361) and Q3 in Virology (rank 62 of 86), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 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 2.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 38th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.401, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 69.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$394 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 in Developing Countries is published by Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. Its print ISSN is 1972-2680 and its online ISSN is 2036-6590.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries has an h-index of 86 and a 2-year mean of 1.67 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #38 of 80 Scopus journals in Parasitology.
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries published 238 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 311. 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 93 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (30.6%), Türkiye (16.1%) and Indonesia (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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