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Journal of Infection Prevention is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 1757-1774Verify ISSN ↗1757-1782Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,900 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced and Specialized Nursing | 26 / 73 | 65th | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 452 / 725 | 37th | Q3 |
| Health Policy | 210 / 330 | 36th | Q3 |
| Infectious Diseases | 247 / 361 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Journal of Infection Prevention is Q2 in Advanced and Specialized Nursing (rank 26 of 73), Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 452 of 725) and Q3 in Health Policy (rank 210 of 330), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Infection Prevention is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 65th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.342, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,900 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 Prevention is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1757-1774 and its online ISSN is 1757-1782.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Infection Prevention has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 1.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #23 of 71 Scopus journals in Advanced and Specialized Nursing.
Journal of Infection Prevention published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 70. 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 85 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (19.6%), United States (16.5%) and Brazil (4.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 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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