Vaccines

Vaccines is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal 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, PMC, Embase, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Medicine, Research and Experimental) / CiteScore - Q1 (Pharmacology (medical))
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 19.6 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 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
Impact Factor: 3.4 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.7 (2024)
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Topic in Animals, Arthropoda, Insects, Vaccines, Veterinary Sciences, Pathogens
Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens: 2nd Edition Topic Editors: Alina Rodriguez-Mallon, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Special Issue in Vaccines
Inequality in Immunization 2025 Guest Editors: Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Devaki Nambiar, Nicole Bergen, M. Carolina Danovaro, Hope Johnson, Ibrahim Dadari
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Special Issue in Vaccines
Maternal and Infant Vaccines Guest Editors: Prabha Andraweera, Bing Wang
Deadline: 20 September 2025
Special Issue in Vaccines
Vaccination Strategies for Global Public Health Guest Editors: Mathumalar Fahrni, Antonio Ivan Lazzarino
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Special Issue in Vaccines
Bioengineering Strategies for Developing Vaccines Guest Editors: Chen Zhao, Jiayi Shu
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Topical Collection in Vaccines
The Safety and Immunogenicity of the Bivalent Omicron-Containing mRNA-1273.214 Booster Vaccine Collection Editors: Lalit Batra, Shailendra Kumar Verma
Topical Collection in Vaccines
Factors Associated with Vaccine Hesitancy Collection Editor: Brian D. Poole
Topical Collection in Vaccines
Topic Advisory Panel Members’ Collection Series: Immunization and Vaccines for Infectious Diseases Collection Editors: Shumaila Hanif, Ravinder Kumar
Topical Collection in Vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Correlates and Interventions Collection Editors: Manoj Sharma, Kavita Batra
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