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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	97
2	Antibiotics-Basel	75
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	70
4	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	55
5	Emerging Infectious Diseases	53
6	Emerging Microbes & Infections	51
-	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	51
8	Journal of Infectious Diseases	44
9	BMC Infectious Diseases	41
-	Journal of Infection	41
-	Lancet HIV	41
12	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	40
13	Journal of Infection and Public Health	39
14	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
15	Virulence	36
16	One Health	35
17	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
19	Malaria Journal	32
-	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	32
21	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	31
-	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	31
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
24	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	30
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	30
26	ACS Infectious Diseases	29
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
28	Infection	28
29	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	27
-	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	27
31	American Journal of Infection Control	26
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	26
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	AIDS	26
35	Journal of Travel Medicine	25
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	25
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	25
38	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	24
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	24
40	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	23
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	23
42	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	22
-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	22
44	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	21
-	Epidemics	21
-	HIV Medicine	21
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	21
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	21
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	21
-	Infection and Immunity	21

-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	21
-	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
53	AIDS Research and Therapy	19
-	Epidemiology and Infection	19
-	Medical Mycology	19
56	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	18
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
-	Microbes and Infection	18
59	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	17
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	17
61	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	16
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	16
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Infectious Diseases	16
66	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	15
68	International Journal of Std & AIDS	14
-	Sexual Health	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	14
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	14
-	Pathogens and Disease	14
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	14
75	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
-	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
78	Antiviral Therapy	11
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
80	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	10
81	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	9
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	9
83	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	8
84	Current HIV Research	7
-	AIDS Reviews	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4