IJTLD Open (ISSN: 3005-7590) is open access and fully compliant with Plan S.
The Journal primarily focuses on infectious diseases, including TB and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), alongside the role of risk factors and comorbidities. All open access research on chronic respiratory diseases is published in a sister title, IJTLD CRD.
IJTLD Open includes a broader range of article types than the traditional IJTLD, including: Editorials, Meeting reports; Original Articles (including methodology papers, qualitative research and operational research), State of the Art Reviews; Guidelines/Consensus documents; Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis; Viewpoints; Minireviews, Letters; Study Protocols; Case reports; Case series and Correspondence.
IJTLD OPEN is open access and free to read. Also, authors retain copyright and can freely distribute the PDF or upload it to any website. As a consequence, open access articles are highly downloaded and more highly cited.
Click the links below to read our content on PubMed Central, Ingenta.com or via links from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), or PubMed. .
While preparing their article, authors should refer to the Instructions for Authors to check that they have complied with our requirements – see links below.
Once complete, authors should submit their manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijtld
We invite authors with OA funding to submit their papers (including Editorials, Original Articles, Letters and Case Series) to IJTLD OPEN.
We welcome submissions on the development of vaccines, diagnostics and medicines for the prevention, management and control of TB and all other respiratory diseases.
This includes basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological and programmatic research relevant to the Union’s mission to find health solutions for these conditions.
For all queries please e-mail the Editorial Office
Sponsorship
Supplements and article series are a highly-effective way of highlighting a specific topic to researchers, clinicians and decision makers in respiratory health.
Being an Open Access journal, IJTLD OPEN has no barriers to access and can reach readers in health centres, medical, university and pharmaceutical institutes, along with civil society, patients and carers.
All content will be freely available on Ingenta.com and we will have regular mailings to highlight the latest sponsored content.
Fast-Track Articles
In order to share scientific research of immediate concern as rapidly as possible, The Union is fast-tracking the publication of certain accepted articles from the IJTLD, IJTLD OPEN and PHA and publishing them in full on our website, prior to their publication in the Journals. Read fast-track articles:
Annual Union Values award winner: Thazin
Since 1920, The Union has been at the centre of the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease. Along the way The Union…
From training to impact: Improving childhood TB notification in Lesotho
Mpho Matlotliso Maketekete Khesa is the Programme Childhood TB and Training Coordinator at the Ministry of Health in Lesotho, where she…
TB is not a fact of life: Break the chain of transmission - World TB Day 2026
Each year, every World TB Day statement you read will start: “We have the knowledge, tools and skills to treat, cure and…
Accelerating an end to TB in urban India
In close collaboration with national and local partners, The Union is leading two initiatives designed to accelerate the elimination of…
Union DR-TB Working Group awarded grant to support nurses
Researchers at the University of Virginia, in collaboration with colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Boston…
Women in Lung Health: Prof Marieke van der Zalm
Prof Marieke van der Zalm is an Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at Stellenbosch University, with a decade of…
Women in Lung Health: Dr Garima Bhatt
Dr Garima Bhatt is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York and a public health professional focused on tobacco…
Women in Lung Health: Prof Anete Trajman
Professor Anete Trajman is a Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro …
Union members invited to help drive our strategic direction
As part of The Union’s drive to strengthen our ability to achieve a world free of tuberculosis and lung disease, our members are invited…
Can we optimize the TB response amid funding constraints using evidence-based, cost-effective strategies
An article in a forthcoming issue of IJTLD OPEN examines cost-effective and integrated strategies to sustain and strengthen the TB response in low- and middle-income countries amid declining donor funding.
Experts call for the gap to be closed on chronic respiratory diseases: launch of new journal to address inequity
World leading lung health experts are calling for greater coordinated action to reshape the global response to chronic respiratory…