Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 875
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Microbiology 60(Q1)
Parasitology and Virology 23(Q1)
Medical microbiology 34(Q1)
Infectious diseases 61(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

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Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
The desk reject took quite long. They did not offer any internal Lancet transfers, but referred me to several other Elsevier journals. These had impact factors ranging from approx 1.5 - 20, which seems a rather broad range.