Acta Tropica

Aims & Scope

Acta Tropica, is an international journal on infectious diseases that covers public health sciences and biomedical research with particular emphasis on topics relevant to human and animal health in the tropics and the subtropics.

Its scope includes the biology of pathogens and vectors, host-parasite relationships, mechanisms of pathogenicity, clinical disease and treatment, and we welcome contributions in basic or applied research in disciplines such as epidemiology, disease ecology, diagnostics, interventions and control, mathematical modeling, public health and social sciences, climate change, parasite and vector taxonomy, host and parasite genomics, biochemistry and immunology and vaccine testing.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	2.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7360

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2957

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.752

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine and Veterinary, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Expert consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in humans

  Citation: 1592

  Authors: Enrico, Peter, Dominique Angèle

• The global status of schistosomiasis and its control

  Citation: 926

  Authors: L., D., A., L.

• Quantification of clinical morbidity associated with schistosome infection in sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 696

  Authors: Marieke J, Sake J, Simon, Caspar W.N, Nico J.D, J.Dik F, Dirk

• Anthropogenic environmental change and the emergence of infectious diseases in wildlife

  Citation: 690

  Authors: P., A.A., A.D.

• Chagas disease: A Latin American health problem becoming a world health problem

  Citation: 614

  Authors: Gabriel A., Zaida E.

• The Alamar Blue® assay to determine drug sensitivity of African trypanosomes (T.b. rhodesiense and T.b. gambiense) in vitro

  Citation: 613

  Authors: B, M, Y, R, R

• International classification of ultrasound images in cystic echinococcosis for application in clinical and field epidemiological settings

  Citation: 604

  Authors: WHO Informal

• Epidemiology of scorpionism: A global appraisal

  Citation: 514

  Authors: J.-P., M.

• Chagas disease in Spain, the United States and other non-endemic countries

  Citation: 468

  Authors: Joaquim, Caryn, María-Jesús

• Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination

  Citation: 445

  Authors: David, Stefanie, Sarah, J. Russell, Louis-Albert, Amadou, Khalfan A., Nadine, Bobbie, Daniel G., Jürg

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