ISSN: 2278-1005
NLM ID: 101632866
Journal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ijtdh
Peer-review model: Advanced OPEN peer review
Index Copernicus: 99.92
NAAS score (2020): 4.97
Digital Archiving: Journal Repository (JR), LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, KEEPERS
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health (IJTDH) (ISSN: 2278 – 1005) aims to publish high quality papers (Click here for Types of paper) in the areas of tropical medicine and public health research, reports on the efficacy of new drugs and methods of treatment, prevention and control methodologies, new testing methods and equipment. This is a quality controlled, peer-reviewed, open access INTERNATIONAL journal. IJTDH will not only publish traditional full research reports, including short communications, but also this journal will publish reports/articles on all stages of the research process like study protocols, pilot studies and pre-protocols. IJTDH is novelty attracting, open minded, peer-reviewed medical periodical, designed to serve as a perfectly new platform for both mainstream and new ground shaking works as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated. This journal has no connection with any society or association, related to Tropical medicine, disease or Public health and allied fields. This is an independent journal.
This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
Scope of this journal pays attention to 2 main areas i.e. 1. TROPICAL Diseases Research and 2. Public Health Research
TROPICAL Diseases Research includes all tropical diseases, such as dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever, malaria, yellow fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, avian influenza, influenza, Japanese encephalitis, Jungle yellow fever, African meningitis, kala zar, Relapsing Fever, Rift Valley fever, Viral hemorrhagic fevers, tuberculosis, Scabies, Myiasis, anthracia pestis, cholera, plague, leishmaniasis, tsutsugamushi, Mycetoma, Paracoccidiomycosis, schistosomiasis, filariasis, Taeniasis-Cysticercosis, Dracunculiasis, Echinococcosis, Food-borne Trematodiases, Loiasis, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted Helminthiases (Ascariasis, Hookworm Diseases, Trichuriasis, Strongyloidiasis), Toxocariasis and other Larva, Migranstrypanosomatosis, leprosy, babesiasis, Mycetoma, Paracoccidiomycosis, Lyme disease, enzootic hepatitis, Bartonella, Bovine Tuberculosis in Humans, Buruli Ulcer, Enteric pathogens, Leprosy, Leptospirosis, Trachoma, Treponematoses, red tide, Other arboviral infections, Rabies, epidemic polyarthritis, hepatitis, Amebiasis, Balantidiasis, Chagas Disease, Giardiasis, Human African Trypanosomiasis, Leishmaniasis and other main and neglected tropical diseases.
Public Health Research includes all areas of general public health research. These include: Public health theory, practice and impact, Social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease; pathogenesis, clinical features, pharmacological aspects and treatment, diagnosis, epidemiological theory and fieldwork, vector biology, molecular biology, gene studies, medical microbiology, medical entomology and vaccinology and prevention, ecological and social determinants, public health and community medicine, and international health policy aspects including cost-effectiveness analyses.
Every issue will consist of a minimum of 5 papers. Each issue will be running, and all officially accepted manuscripts will be immediately published online. The state-of-the-art running issue concept gives authors the benefit of 'Zero Waiting Time' for the officially accepted manuscripts to be published. This journal is an international journal and its scope is not confined by the boundary of any country or region.
Publication history: Previous Title: American Journal of TROPICAL MEDICINE & Public Health; Present title (from 2012): International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health (IJTDH).