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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	100
2	Clinical Infectious Diseases	72
3	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	56
4	Emerging Infectious Diseases	54
5	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	51
6	Journal of Infectious Diseases	48
7	BMC Infectious Diseases	47
8	Journal of Infection	43
9	Journal of Infection and Public Health	39
10	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
11	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	35
12	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
13	Journal of Hospital Infection	32
14	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	31
15	Malaria Journal	30
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	30
-	Infection	30
18	Infection Genetics and Evolution	29
19	Journal of the International AIDS Society	28
-	American Journal of Infection Control	28
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	28
22	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	26
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	26
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	26
25	Journal of Travel Medicine	25
-	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	25
27	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	24
-	AIDS	24
29	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	23
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	23
-	Infection and Immunity	23
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	23
33	HIV Medicine	22
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	22
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	22
36	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	21
38	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	20
-	Epidemics	20
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	20
-	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	20
42	Microbes and Infection	19
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	19
44	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	18
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	18
-	Medical Mycology	18
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	18
-	Epidemiology and Infection	18
49	Microbial Drug Resistance	17
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	17

51	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	16
53	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	15
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	15
56	Surgical Infections	14
57	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	13
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	13
-	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	13
-	Sexual Health	13
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	13
-	International Journal of Std & AIDS	13
63	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
64	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	11
65	Antiviral Therapy	10
66	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	9
67	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	8
-	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	8
69	AIDS Reviews	7
70	Current HIV Research	6
71	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4
-	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	4