139 Infectious Diseases journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLoS ONE | 1932-6203 | 19,608 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,38,606 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Heliyon | 2405-8440 | 2,812 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,18,666 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| BMC Infectious Diseases | 1471-2334 | 2,046 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,03,641 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Viruses | 1999-4915 | 1,648 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,844 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Health Science Reports | 2398-8835 | 1,356 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,31,370 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Pathogens | 2076-0817 | 1,326 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,11,377 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Vaccines | 2076-393X | 1,278 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,11,377 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| PLOS Global Public Health | 2767-3375 | 1,137 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,50,069 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 1201-9712 | 947 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,37,150 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care | 2249-4863 | 864 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| EClinicalMedicine | 2589-5370 | 691 | 1 | ≈ ₹6,55,997 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Communications Medicine | 2730-664X | 596 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,58,057 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health | 2664-2824 | 558 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| BMC Research Notes | 1756-0500 | 555 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,58,073 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| EBioMedicine | 2352-3964 | 548 | 1 | ≈ ₹6,55,997 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific | 2666-6065 | 445 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,82,606 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Pan African Medical Journal | 1937-8688 | 430 | 2 | ≈ ₹67,430 to publish | Yes | Yes | Uganda |
| Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy | 2059-3635 | 428 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,93,908 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Emerging infectious diseases | 1080-6040 | 426 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Diseases | 2079-9721 | 419 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,585 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| The Lancet Regional Health - Europe | 2666-7762 | 366 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,58,706 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Virulence | 2150-5594 | 341 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,12,892 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health | 2213-3984 | 321 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,50,454 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| npj Vaccines | 2059-0105 | 301 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,90,707 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| IJID Regions | 2772-7076 | 281 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,32,933 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Emerging Microbes & Infections | 2222-1751 | 249 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,36,543 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| The Lancet Microbe | 2666-5247 | 245 | 1 | ≈ ₹8,25,536 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Immunity Inflammation and Disease | 2050-4527 | 224 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,27,517 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| COVID | 2673-8112 | 211 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of the International AIDS Society | 1758-2652 | 211 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,75,500 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| PLoS Medicine | 1549-1277 | 196 | 1 | ≈ ₹6,22,282 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine | 2636-8579 | 188 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Infectious Diseases and Therapy | 2193-6382 | 187 | 1 | ≈ ₹6,47,550 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova Medical Sciences | 1857-0011 | 176 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Moldova |
| The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia | 2772-3682 | 173 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Public Health in Africa | 2038-9922 | 172 | 2 | ≈ ₹6,427 to publish | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| International Health | 1876-3405 | 162 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,81,090 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Infection Genetics and Evolution | 1567-1348 | 156 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,83,206 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Infectious Disease Reports | 2036-7430 | 155 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,585 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health | 2210-6006 | 152 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,60,108 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences | 2249-8176 | 144 | 3 | ₹9,500 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| AIDS Research and Therapy | 1742-6405 | 141 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,81,875 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Epidemiology and Infection | 0950-2688 | 141 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,52,081 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| IJTLD OPEN | 3005-7590 | 127 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,37,379 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| MGM Journal of Medical Sciences | 2347-7946 | 124 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| BMC Global and Public Health | 2731-913X | 113 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,49,225 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Cell Discovery | 2056-5968 | 107 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,36,291 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease | 2049-9361 | 105 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,69,720 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Bulletin of Russian State Medical University | 2500-1094 | 90 | 3 | ≈ ₹54,416 to publish | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of Medical and Life Science | 2636-4093 | 90 | 2 | ≈ ₹5,780 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Life and Science | 2521-0475 | 87 | 2 | PKR 9,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Pakistan |
| npj Viruses | 2948-1767 | 84 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,60,108 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Annales Africaines de Medecine | 2309-5784 | 82 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Congo - Kinshasa |
| hLife | 2949-9283 | 79 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,21,556 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Marine Medical Society | 0975-3605 | 78 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) | 2325-9574 | 70 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Liaquat National Hospital | 2959-1805 | 69 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases | 2405-5794 | 68 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,56,234 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| APIK Journal of Internal Medicine | 2666-1802 | 66 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Tuberculosis and lung diseases | 1728-2993 | 66 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ) | 2588-9834 | 65 | 1 | ≈ ₹19,266 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| Infection Prevention in Practice | 2590-0889 | 65 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Mycobacteriology | 2212-5531 | 61 | 1 | ≈ ₹19,266 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Leprosy Review | 0305-7518 | 61 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Hygiene | 2673-947X | 60 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2012-8169 | 60 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sri Lanka |
| ACTA MEDICA IRANICA | 0044-6025 | 59 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Indian Journal of Medical Specialities | 0976-2884 | 58 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Current Medicine Research and Practice | 2352-0817 | 55 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| NMO journal | 2348-3806 | 55 | 3 | ₹5,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 1438-4221 | 54 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,35,223 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Journal of Contemporary Medicine | 2667-7180 | 54 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | 2225-2002 | 53 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Biosafety and Health | 2590-0536 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,16,739 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| BMJ Medicine | 2754-0413 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,56,372 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Ahi Evran Medical Journal | 2619-9203 | 51 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Kachestvennaya Klinicheskaya Praktika = Good Clinical Practice | 2588-0519 | 50 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| HIV & AIDS Review | 1730-1270 | 49 | 2 | ≈ ₹42,304 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases | 1454-3389 | 49 | 3 | ≈ ₹25,031 to publish | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Bengal Physician Journal | 2582-1202 | 48 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Infectious Medicine | 2097-0684 | 48 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,40,821 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research | 2287-3651 | 47 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal | 2590-3349 | 47 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Dubai Medical Journal | 2571-6522 | 47 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Infectious Diseases & Immunity | 2096-9511 | 47 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Pediatric Infectious Disease | 2582-4988 | 47 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Al- Anbar Medical Journal | 2070-8882 | 46 | 2 | ≈ ₹24,082 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | 1608-9693 | 46 | 1 | ≈ ₹79,394 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Infusion & Chemotherapy | 2663-0338 | 45 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Preventive Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies in Medicine | 2949-6594 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Western Pacific surveillance response journal | 2094-7313 | 44 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Philippines |
| Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences | 1658-631X | 43 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Zoonoses | 2737-7466 | 41 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ireland |
| Biologics | 2673-8449 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Global Infectious Diseases | 0974-777X | 40 | 2 | ≈ ₹62,614 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine | 2717-0616 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| PAMJ - One Health | 2707-2800 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹48,164 to publish | Yes | Yes | Kenya |
| Public Health Action | 2220-8372 | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,50,314 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Clinical Virology Plus | 2667-0380 | 38 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,59,124 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care | 1179-1373 | 37 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,43,411 to publish | Yes | Yes | New Zealand |
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