Infectious Diseases: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	92
2	Antibiotics-Basel	79
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	62
4	Emerging Infectious Diseases	50
5	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	49
6	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	48
7	Emerging Microbes & Infections	47
8	Journal of Infection	41
9	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	40
-	Journal of Infectious Diseases	40
11	BMC Infectious Diseases	39
-	Journal of Infection and Public Health	39
-	Lancet HIV	39
14	Infection and Drug Resistance	38
15	One Health	37
-	Virulence	37
17	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	36
18	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	35
-	Malaria Journal	35
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	35
21	ACS Infectious Diseases	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
23	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	31
24	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	30
-	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	30
26	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	29
-	Infection	29
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	29
29	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	28
30	Journal of the International AIDS Society	27
31	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	26
-	Infection and Immunity	26
35	American Journal of Infection Control	25
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	25
37	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	24
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	24
39	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	23
-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	23
41	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	22
-	AIDS	22
-	Medical Mycology	22
44	HIV Medicine	21
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	21
-	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
47	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	20
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	20
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	20
-	Epidemiology and Infection	20

51	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	19
-	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	19
-	Epidemics	19
-	Microbes and Infection	19
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	19
56	AIDS Research and Therapy	18
-	International Journal of Std & AIDS	18
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	18
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
60	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	17
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	17
62	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	16
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	16
-	Infectious Diseases	16
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	16
67	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	15
69	Surgical Infections	14
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	14
71	Sexual Health	13
-	Pathogens and Disease	13
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	13
74	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
76	Microbial Drug Resistance	11
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	11
79	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	10
-	AIDS Reviews	10
-	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	10
82	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	9
-	Antiviral Therapy	9
-	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	9
85	Current HIV Research	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4