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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	96
2	Antibiotics-Basel	75
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	64
4	Emerging Infectious Diseases	51
5	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	50
6	Emerging Microbes & Infections	47
-	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	47
8	Journal of Infectious Diseases	43
9	Lancet HIV	42
10	BMC Infectious Diseases	40
-	Journal of Infection	40
12	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	39
13	Journal of Infection and Public Health	38
14	Infection and Drug Resistance	36
15	Malaria Journal	35
-	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	35
-	One Health	35
-	Virulence	35
19	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	34
-	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
22	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	33
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	33
24	ACS Infectious Diseases	32
25	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	29
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	29
27	Infection	28
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	28
29	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	27
30	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	26
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	26
33	American Journal of Infection Control	25
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	25
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	25
-	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	25
-	Infection and Immunity	25
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	25
39	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	24
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	24
41	AIDS	23
42	Medical Mycology	22
43	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	21
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	21
-	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	21
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	21
47	Epidemics	20
-	HIV Medicine	20
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	20
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	20

-	Transplant Infectious Disease	20
52	AIDS Research and Therapy	19
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	19
54	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	18
-	International Journal of Std & AIDS	18
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	18
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	18
-	Epidemiology and Infection	18
-	Microbes and Infection	18
60	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	17
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	17
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	17
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	17
64	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	16
-	Infectious Diseases	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	16
68	Zoonoses and Public Health	15
69	Microbial Drug Resistance	14
-	Sexual Health	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
72	Current Infectious Disease Reports	13
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	13
74	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
76	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	11
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
-	Pathogens and Disease	11
79	AIDS Reviews	10
-	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	10
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	10
82	Antiviral Therapy	9
-	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	9
84	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	8
85	Current HIV Research	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4