Pathogens

Pathogens is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on pathogens and pathogen-host interactions 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, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, MEDLINE, PMC, Embase, PubAg, CaPlus / SciFinder, AGRIS, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Microbiology) / CiteScore - Q1 (Infectious Diseases)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 12.5 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.8 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.
• Companion journals for Pathogens include: Parasitologia and Bacteria.
• Journal Cluster of Microbiology: Acta Microbiologica Hellenica, Applied Microbiology, Bacteria, Journal of Fungi, Microorganisms, Microbiology Research, Pathogens, Viruses, Fermentation and Germs.