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
Novel Insights and Advances in Aquatic Vaccines Guest Editors: Erlong Wang, Tao Liu, Yibin Yang
Deadline: 12 July 2025
Special Issue in Vaccines
Antiviral T and B Cell Immunity Guest Editors: Constantinos Petrovas, Ashish Sharma, Susan Pereira Ribeiro
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Special Issue in Vaccines
Measles Outbreak: Causes and Vaccination Strategies to Overcome Guest Editors: Cristiana Ferrari, Nicolas Vignier
Deadline: 20 July 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
COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination Collection Editors: Ralph Tripp, Scott Anthony
Topical Collection in Vaccines
Advance in Nanoparticles as Vaccine Adjuvants Collection Editors: Eduardo Gomez-Casado, Sohrab Ahmadivand
Topical Collection in Vaccines
Topic Advisory Panel Members’ Collection Series: Immunization and Vaccines for Infectious Diseases Collection Editors: Shumaila Hanif, Ravinder Kumar
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