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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	99
2	Antibiotics-Basel	75
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	66
4	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	56
5	Emerging Microbes & Infections	52
6	Emerging Infectious Diseases	50
7	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	47
8	Lancet HIV	43
9	BMC Infectious Diseases	42
-	Journal of Infection	42
-	Journal of Infectious Diseases	42
12	Infection and Drug Resistance	39
13	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	38
14	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	36
15	Journal of Infection and Public Health	35
-	Virulence	35
17	Malaria Journal	34
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
-	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
20	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	32
-	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	32
22	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	31
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
-	One Health	31
25	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
26	Journal of Hospital Infection	29
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
28	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	28
-	Infection	28
30	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	27
-	American Journal of Infection Control	27
32	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
34	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	25
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	25
-	AIDS	25
37	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	24
-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	24
39	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	23
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	23
-	Infection and Immunity	23
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	23
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	23
44	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	22
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	22
46	HIV Medicine	21
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	21
48	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	20
-	Epidemics	20
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	20

-	Epidemiology and Infection	20
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	20
-	Medical Mycology	20
-	Microbes and Infection	20
-	Transplant Infectious Disease	20
56	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	18
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	18
58	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	17
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	17
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	17
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	17
62	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	16
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	16
-	Infectious Diseases	16
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	16
66	International Journal of Std & AIDS	15
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	15
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	15
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	15
70	Microbial Drug Resistance	14
-	Pathogens and Disease	14
72	Sexual Health	13
-	Surgical Infections	13
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	13
75	Antiviral Therapy	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
79	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	11
80	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	10
-	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	10
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	10
-	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	10
-	AIDS Reviews	10
85	Current HIV Research	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4