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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	106
2	Clinical Infectious Diseases	72
3	Antibiotics-Basel	68
4	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	59
5	Emerging Infectious Diseases	58
6	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	51
7	BMC Infectious Diseases	47
-	Journal of Infectious Diseases	47
9	Journal of Infection	45
10	Emerging Microbes & Infections	44
11	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	42
12	Journal of Infection and Public Health	41
13	Lancet HIV	40
14	Infection and Drug Resistance	36
15	Virulence	35
16	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	33
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	33
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	33
19	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	32
-	American Journal of Infection Control	32
-	Infection	32
22	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	31
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	31
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	31
-	One Health	31
26	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	30
-	Malaria Journal	30
-	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	30
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	30
30	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
31	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	28
-	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	28
33	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	27
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	27
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	27
36	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
38	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	25
-	AIDS	25
40	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	24
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	24
42	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	23
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	23
-	Infection and Immunity	23
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	23
46	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	22
47	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
48	Epidemics	20
-	HIV Medicine	20
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	20

-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	20
52	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	19
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	19
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	19
55	AIDS Research and Therapy	18
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	18
-	Microbes and Infection	18
58	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	17
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	17
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	17
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	17
-	Infectious Diseases	17
-	Medical Mycology	17
64	Epidemiology and Infection	16
65	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	15
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	15
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	15
69	International Journal of Std & AIDS	14
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	14
71	Surgical Infections	13
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	13
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	13
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	13
-	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	13
-	Pathogens and Disease	13
77	Sexual Health	12
78	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	11
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
80	Antiviral Therapy	10
81	Journal of Virus Eradication	9
82	Current HIV Research	7
-	AIDS Reviews	7
-	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	7
-	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	4
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	3