Tropical Medicine and International Health

Aims & Scope

Tropical Medicine & International Health publishes on malaria, HIV, tuberculosis and neglected infectious diseases, water and sanitation, non-communicable diseases and public health.

Generally our papers relate to low and middle-income settings.

We are 6 editors based in different institutions across Europe and are able to handle a broad range of papers from genetics to clinical medicine to public health.

We are able to fast-track publications and can publish very rapidly.

We publish original papers, reviews, and educational articles.

We particularly welcome critical and systematic reviews, short editorials and papers reporting the results from randomised trials; all of these are made freely accessible online on acceptance.

We welcome papers led by authors from low to middle-income countries.

All papers are professionally copy-edited prior to publication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.932

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	134

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5426

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	988

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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
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

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

• The COVID‐19 epidemic

  Citation: 1839

  Authors: Thirumalaisamy P., Christian G.

• Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low‐ and middle‐income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries

  Citation: 770

  Authors: Annette, Jamie, Thomas, John M., Oliver, Valerie, Sophie, Alan D., Jennifer, Lorna, Matthew C., Bruce, Paul R., Richard B., Colin, Daniel, Kate, Maria, Meredith, Jennyfer, Sandy

• Household drinking water in developing countries: a systematic review of microbiological contamination between source and point‐of‐use

  Citation: 497

  Authors: Jim, Stephen, Ronan

• Drug resistance in Indian visceral leishmaniasis

  Citation: 440

  Authors: Shyam

• Patient retention in antiretroviral therapy programs up to three years on treatment in sub‐Saharan Africa, 2007–2009: systematic review

  Citation: 395

  Authors: Matthew P., Sydney

• Handwashing and risk of respiratory infections: a quantitative systematic review

  Citation: 380

  Authors: Tamer, Valerie

• Severe Malaria

  Citation: 370

  Authors:

• Systematic review: Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects

  Citation: 359

  Authors: Matthew C., Meredith E., Oliver, Aurelie, Julian P. T., Jennyfer, Annette, Sophie, Paul R., Lorna, Valerie

• Systematic review: Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low‐ and middle‐income settings: systematic review and meta‐regression

  Citation: 347

  Authors: Jennyfer, Annette, Oliver, Jamie, Sophie, Sandy, Thomas, John M., Valerie, Jennifer, Lorna, Matthew C., Bruce, Paul R., Aurelie, Richard B., Daniel, Colin, Maria, Julian P. T.

• Evidence on feasibility and effective use of <scp>mH</scp>ealth strategies by frontline health workers in developing countries: systematic review

  Citation: 346

  Authors: Smisha, Henry B., Lesley‐Anne, Alain B.

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