Infectious Diseases of Poverty received first Impact Factor

The journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty (IDP) has received its first impact factor of 4.11, which ranks 17 out of 78 journals in the category Infectious Disease in the 2014 Journal Citation Reports published by Thomson Reuters (ISI).  

 IDP was developed as an open access journal in response to WHO TDR’s Global report on research for infectious diseases of poverty. It is committed to publishing high-quality research that addresses essential public health questions about infectious diseases affecting the most disadvantaged parts of the world.

 Since its launch in 2012, IDP has built a large and dedicated following. It has received submissions from over 50 countries, with a high proportion of the research emanating from the countries affected by the issues it covers.

 Ruth King, Editorial Director for Health Sciences at BioMed Central has said, “We are thrilled with the impressive success of Infectious Diseases of Poverty. It has quickly become an authority in this critical subject area, is making a real life impact, and is an important part of the public health portfolio at BioMed Central. I hear good things about the journal wherever I go.”

 Xiao-Nong Zhou, Editor-in-Chief of IDP, said, “Our editorial board members, with collective efforts, has observed the impact of the journal as expected, which has trigged more research activities in the infectious diseases of poverty to benefit the population in the remote settings where lack of resources since 2012. We believe IDP will be keeping contributions to more actions following the 10 recommendations from the Global reports on research for infectious diseases of poverty”.