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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	101
2	Antibiotics-Basel	76
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	68
4	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	55
5	Emerging Infectious Diseases	51
-	Emerging Microbes & Infections	51
7	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	49
8	Journal of Infectious Diseases	44
9	Lancet HIV	42
10	Journal of Infection	41
-	BMC Infectious Diseases	41
12	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	39
13	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
14	One Health	36
-	Virulence	36
16	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	35
-	Journal of Infection and Public Health	35
18	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
19	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	32
-	Malaria Journal	32
21	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
-	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	31
-	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	31
24	Journal of Hospital Infection	30
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	30
27	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
28	Infection	27
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	27
-	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	27
31	AIDS	26
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	26
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	26
-	American Journal of Infection Control	26
35	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	25
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	25
37	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	24
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	24
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	24
40	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	23
-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	23
42	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	22
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	22
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	22
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	22
46	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	21
-	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	21
-	Infection and Immunity	21
-	Epidemics	21

-	HIV Medicine	21
52	Epidemiology and Infection	20
-	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	20
54	Microbes and Infection	19
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	19
56	Medical Mycology	18
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	18
58	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	17
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	17
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	17
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	17
62	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	16
-	Infectious Diseases	16
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	16
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
67	Pathogens and Disease	14
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	14
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	14
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	14
-	International Journal of Std & AIDS	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	14
74	Sexual Health	13
75	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Antiviral Therapy	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
80	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	9
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	9
-	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	9
83	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	8
-	AIDS Reviews	8
85	Current HIV Research	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4