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	Journal of Infection	42
-	Journal of Infectious Diseases	42
-	BMC Infectious Diseases	42
12	Infection and Drug Resistance	39
13	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	38
14	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	36
15	Virulence	35
-	Journal of Infection and Public Health	35
17	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
-	Malaria Journal	34
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
20	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	32
-	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	32
22	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
-	One Health	31
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	31
25	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
26	Journal of Hospital Infection	29
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
28	Infection	28
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	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	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	25
-	AIDS	25
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	25
37	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	24
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	24
39	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	23
-	Infection and Immunity	23
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	23
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	23
-	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	23
44	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	22
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	22
46	HIV Medicine	21
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	21
48	Epidemiology and Infection	20
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	20
-	Medical Mycology	20

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