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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	104
2	Clinical Infectious Diseases	72
3	Antibiotics-Basel	70
4	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	57
5	Emerging Infectious Diseases	55
6	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	52
7	Journal of Infectious Diseases	48
8	BMC Infectious Diseases	47
9	Emerging Microbes & Infections	45
10	Journal of Infection	43
11	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	42
12	Lancet HIV	41
13	Journal of Infection and Public Health	40
14	Infection and Drug Resistance	38
15	Virulence	35
16	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
18	Journal of Hospital Infection	33
-	One Health	33
-	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	33
21	Infection	32
-	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	32
23	ACS Infectious Diseases	31
-	American Journal of Infection Control	31
25	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	30
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	30
27	Infection Genetics and Evolution	29
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	29
-	Malaria Journal	29
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	29
32	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	28
-	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	28
34	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	27
-	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	27
36	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	26
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	26
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	26
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
40	AIDS	25
41	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	24
42	Infection and Immunity	23
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	23
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	23
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	23
46	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	22
-	Transplant Infectious Disease	22
48	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	21
-	HIV Medicine	21
50	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	20

-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	20
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	20
-	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	20
-	Epidemics	20
55	Microbes and Infection	19
56	Medical Mycology	18
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	18
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	18
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	18
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	18
61	Epidemiology and Infection	17
-	Infectious Diseases	17
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	17
64	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	16
67	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	15
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	15
70	International Journal of Std & AIDS	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
72	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	13
-	Pathogens and Disease	13
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	13
75	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	12
-	Sexual Health	12
79	Antiviral Therapy	10
80	Journal of Virus Eradication	9
-	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	9
82	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	8
-	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	8
84	AIDS Reviews	7
-	Current HIV Research	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	4
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	3