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Pathogens and Disease is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.3). Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 2049-632XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: About US$3,297 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 76 / 361 | 79th | Q1 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | 15 / 63 | 76th | Q1 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 44 / 147 | 70th | Q2 |
| Immunology and Allergy | 80 / 234 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–2025, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.3.
Pathogens and Disease is Q1 in Infectious Diseases (rank 76 of 361), Q1 in Immunology and Microbiology (all) (rank 15 of 63) and Q2 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 44 of 147), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Pathogens and Disease is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3, quartile Q1, 79th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.895, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 129.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,297 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.
Pathogens and Disease is published by Oxford University Press. Its ISSN is 2049-632X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Pathogens and Disease has an h-index of 72 and a 2-year mean of 7.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #16 of 354 Scopus journals in Infectious Diseases.
Pathogens and Disease published 14 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 130. 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 95 research articles (2022–2025), authors are most often from United States (24.4%), India (13.2%) and China (11.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.9 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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