Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Aims & Scope

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases brings together in one place the latest research on infectious diseases considered to hold the greatest economic threat to animals and humans worldwide.

The journal provides a venue for global research on their diagnosis, prevention and management, and for papers on public health, pathogenesis, epidemiology, statistical modeling, diagnostics, biosecurity issues, genomics, vaccine development and rapid communication of new outbreaks.

Papers should include timely research approaches using state-of-the-art technologies.

The editors encourage papers adopting a science-based approach on socio-economic and environmental factors influencing the management of the bio-security threat posed by these diseases, including risk analysis and disease spread modeling.

Preference will be given to communications focusing on novel science-based approaches to controlling transboundary and emerging diseases.

The following topics are generally considered out-of-scope, but decisions are made on a case-by-case basis (for example, studies on cryptic wildlife populations, and those on potential species extinctions): Pathogen discovery: a common pathogen newly recognised in a specific country, or a new pathogen or genetic sequence for which there is little context about — or insights regarding — its emergence or spread.

Prevalence estimation surveys and risk factor studies based on survey (rather than longitudinal) methodology, except when such studies are unique.

Surveys of knowledge, attitudes and practices are within scope.

Diagnostic test development if not accompanied by robust sensitivity and specificity estimation from field studies.

Studies focused only on laboratory methods in which relevance to disease emergence and spread is not obvious or can not be inferred (“pure research” type studies).

Narrative literature reviews which do not generate new knowledge.

Systematic and scoping reviews, and meta-analyses are within scope.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3
2024	3.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.919

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	92

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5526

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4219

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• PubMed
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Emergence of African Swine Fever in China, 2018

  Citation: 512

  Authors: Xintao, Nan, Yuzi, Ye, Faming, Teng, Shoufeng, Peili, Xiangdong, Kegong, Hua-Ji, Rongliang

• A Review of Bovine Anaplasmosis

  Citation: 323

  Authors: P., D. W.

• Review: Lumpy Skin Disease: An Emerging Threat to Europe, the Middle East and Asia

  Citation: 323

  Authors: E. S. M., C. A. L.

• Capripoxviruses: An Emerging Worldwide Threat to Sheep, Goats and Cattle

  Citation: 314

  Authors: S., T. R., D. B., D. B., R. P.

• Stability of SARS‐CoV‐2 and other coronaviruses in the environment and on common touch surfaces and the influence of climatic conditions: A review

  Citation: 310

  Authors: Hamada A., Tamer A., Sagar M.

• Review: Capripoxvirus Diseases: Current Status and Opportunities for Control

  Citation: 297

  Authors: E. S. M., E. H., J. L., G., G. A., N., N. A., K., C., T. R., S., L. A.

• Genetic characterization of African swine fever virus isolates from soft ticks at the wildlife/domestic interface in Mozambique and identification of a novel genotype

  Citation: 239

  Authors: C. J., F., W., L.

• Epidemiological Patterns of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Worldwide

  Citation: 229

  Authors: M., P., D., K., J., Y., J.-F., N. J., V.

• Novel circovirus species identified in farmed pigs designated as <i>Porcine circovirus</i> 4, Hunan province, China

  Citation: 228

  Authors: Hui‐Hui, Wen‐Qin, Jie‐Yu, Tian‐Ning, Ji‐Yong, Tanja, Chao‐Ting

• Review of the Global Distribution of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus from 2007 to 2014

  Citation: 215

  Authors: B. P., L. L., J. M., J., A. M.

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