Call for papers: Tropical Medicine

This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality papers on all tropical diseases of global significance. We invite original studies, concise systematic and critical reviews, relevant editorials, and unreported or unusual case reports on clinical tropical medicine, neglected infectious diseases, parasitology, entomology, microbiology, virology, epidemiology, chemotherapy, immunology, public health, and disease prevention, control, and elimination.

We encourage researchers, clinicians, and public health professionals working in the field of Tropical Medicine to contribute to this Special Issue. By bringing together diverse perspectives and cutting-edge research, we aim to enhance our understanding of tropical diseases and contribute to their prevention, control, and elimination.

Guest editors:

Aluisio Cotrim Segurado MD, PhD
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Manuscript submission information:

Submission deadline: Mar. 1st, 2025

Editorial Submission Site: https://www.editorialmanager.com/bjid

You are invited to submit your manuscript at any time before the submission deadline.

The journal’s submission platform (Editorial Manager®) is now available for receiving submissions to this Special Issue. Please refer to the Guide for Authors to prepare your manuscript, and select the article type of "VSI:Tropical Medicine_Original Article" or "VSI:Tropical Medicine_Review Article" when submitting your manuscript online.

Both the Guide for Authors and the submission portal could be found on the Journal Homepage here: Guide for authors - The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases - ISSN 1413-8670 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

All the submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Upon its editorial acceptance, your article will go into production immediately. It will be published in the latest regular issue, while be presented on the specific Special Issue webpage simultaneously. In regular issues, Special Issue articles will be clearly marked and branded.

Keywords:

tropical medicine; neglected infectious diseases; public health; disease prevention

Why publish in this Special Issue?

• Special Issue articles are published together on ScienceDirect, making it incredibly easy for other researchers to discover your work.
• Special content articles are downloaded on ScienceDirect twice as often within the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
• Special content articles attract 20% more citations in the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
• All articles in this special issue will be reviewed by no fewer than two independent experts to ensure the quality, originality and novelty of the work published.

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