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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Infection and Immunity (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Infection and Immunity published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Infectious Diseasesrank 28 of 143 journals
- Immunologyrank 60 of 189 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Infection and Immunity
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Infection and Immunity is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ).
02Review time
Review time of Infection and Immunity
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Infection and Immunity published between Jan 2026 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 78 days of submission, and the middle half took between 19 and 115 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Immunology, Infection and Immunity ranks 12 of 72 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Immunology →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity follows the waiver policy of its publisher, American Society for Microbiology: automatic full waiver for Research4Life Group A and a partial waiver for Group B. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.
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Retractions and research integrity at Infection and Immunity
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Infection and Immunity has 21 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Apr 2024. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
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04Indexing
Indexing of Infection and Immunity
- ISSN
- 0019-9567
- eISSN
- 1098-5522
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Immunology, Infectious Diseases
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Infection and Immunity
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06Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
07Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Infection and Immunity?
Based on 152 research articles Infection and Immunity published from Jan 2026 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 78 days, and half of them were accepted between 19 and 115 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 40 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Infection and Immunity?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Infection and Immunity is 4.00: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 4.00 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Infection and Immunity?
The h-index of Infection and Immunity is 331 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 331 of its papers have each been cited at least 331 times. Its i10-index is 29,839.
What is the quartile of Infection and Immunity?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Infection and Immunity is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Infection and Immunity indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Infection and Immunity appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Infection and Immunity an SCIE journal?
Yes. Infection and Immunity is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Infection and Immunity in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Infection and Immunity is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Does Infection and Immunity offer an APC waiver?
Infection and Immunity follows the policy of American Society for Microbiology: automatic full waiver for Research4Life Group A and a partial waiver for Group B. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Infection and Immunity retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 21 retracted papers in Infection and Immunity, 2 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are falsification/fabrication of image, falsification/fabrication of data, misconduct - official investigation(s) and/or finding(s). A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
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