Diseases

Diseases is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, multidisciplinary journal with focus on research on human diseases and conditions, published monthly online by MDPI. 

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Medicine, Research and Experimental) / CiteScore - Q1 (General Medicine)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 21.6 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Sections: published in 8 topical sections.