INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Journal Title
INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

INFECT GENET EVOL

ISSN / eISSN
1567-1348 / 1567-7257
Aims and Scope
(aka Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases -- MEEGID)

Infectious diseases constitute one of the main challenges to medical science in the coming century. The impressive development of molecular megatechnologies and of bioinformatics have greatly increased our knowledge of the evolution, transmission and pathogenicity of infectious diseases. Research has shown that host susceptibility to many infectious diseases has a genetic basis. Furthermore, much is now known on the molecular epidemiology, evolution and virulence of pathogenic agents, as well as their resistance to drugs, vaccines, and antibiotics. Equally, research on the genetics of disease vectors has greatly improved our understanding of their systematics, has increased our capacity to identify target populations for control or intervention, and has provided detailed information on the mechanisms of insecticide resistance.

However, the genetics and evolutionary biology of hosts, pathogens and vectors have tended to develop as three separate fields of research. This artificial compartmentalisation is of concern due to our growing appreciation of the strong co-evolutionary interactions among hosts, pathogens and vectors.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution and its companion congress [MEEGID](http://www.meegidconference.com/) (for Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases) are the main forum acting for the cross-fertilization between evolutionary science and biomedical research on infectious diseases.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution is the only journal that welcomes articles dealing with the genetics and evolutionary biology of hosts, pathogens and vectors, and coevolution processes among them in relation to infection and disease manifestation. All infectious models enter the scope of the journal, including pathogens of humans, animals and plants, either parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses or prions. The journal welcomes articles dealing with genetics, population genetics, genomics, postgenomics, gene expression, evolutionary biology, population dynamics, mathematical modeling and bioinformatics. We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services .
Subject Area

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CiteScore
7.50 View Trend
CiteScore Ranking
Category Quartile Rank
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Q1 #70/687
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Infectious Diseases Q1 #64/304
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Microbiology (medical) Q1 #31/124
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Genetics Q1 #82/328
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Microbiology Q2 #45/163
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology Q2 #140/380
Web of Science Core Collection
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed -
Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023) Quartile
INFECTIOUS DISEASES - SCIE Q3
H-index
74
Country/Area of Publication
NETHERLANDS
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Annual Article Volume
180
Open Access
NO
Contact
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1000 AE
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