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Journal overview

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal. The journal publishes original research, case reports, editorials, reviews and commentaries on all areas of medicine and disease in tropical regions.

The journal is not only focussed upon diseases endemic to tropical regions, but also the management of conditions found globally in a tropical setting. Topics covered include:

  • Diseases and medicine in tropical regions
  • Entomology
  • Epidemiology
  • Health economics issues
  • Infectious disease
  • Laboratory science and new technology in tropical medicine
  • Parasitology
  • Public health medicine/health care policy in tropical regions
  • Microbiology

This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics(COPE).

Indexed online:

  • PubMed and PubMed Central (Res Rep Trop Med)
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • CABI
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • OAIster: The Open Access initiative



Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

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