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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	95
2	Antibiotics-Basel	76
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	63
4	Emerging Infectious Diseases	50
5	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	49
6	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	47
-	Emerging Microbes & Infections	47
8	Lancet HIV	43
9	Journal of Infection	41
10	Journal of Infectious Diseases	40
11	Journal of Infection and Public Health	39
-	BMC Infectious Diseases	39
13	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	38
14	One Health	36
15	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	35
-	Virulence	35
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	35
18	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Malaria Journal	34
20	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	33
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	33
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	33
-	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	33
24	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	31
25	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	29
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	29
27	Journal of the International AIDS Society	28
-	Infection	28
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	28
30	Journal of Hospital Infection	26
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	26
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	26
34	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	25
-	Infection and Immunity	25
36	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	24
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	24
-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	24
-	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	24
-	American Journal of Infection Control	24
41	AIDS	23
42	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	22
43	Medical Mycology	21
-	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	21
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	21
-	Epidemics	21
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	21
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	21
50	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	20

-	HIV Medicine	20
52	Epidemiology and Infection	19
-	International Journal of Std & AIDS	19
54	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	18
-	Microbes and Infection	18
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	18
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	18
-	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	18
60	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	17
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	17
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	17
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	17
64	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	16
-	Infectious Diseases	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	16
68	Sexual Health	14
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	14
70	Current Infectious Disease Reports	13
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	13
-	Surgical Infections	13
73	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	Pathogens and Disease	12
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	12
77	Journal of Virus Eradication	11
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	11
79	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	10
-	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	10
-	AIDS Reviews	10
82	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	9
-	Antiviral Therapy	9
-	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	9
85	Current HIV Research	6
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4