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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	95
2	Antibiotics-Basel	78
3	Emerging Infectious Diseases	50
-	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	50
5	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	47
-	Emerging Microbes & Infections	47
7	Journal of Infection	41
-	Journal of Infectious Diseases	41
-	Lancet HIV	41
10	Journal of Infection and Public Health	40
11	BMC Infectious Diseases	39
-	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	39
13	Virulence	37
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
15	One Health	36
-	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	36
17	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	35
18	ACS Infectious Diseases	34
-	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Malaria Journal	34
22	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	32
23	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	31
24	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	30
25	Infection	29
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	29
28	Journal of Hospital Infection	28
29	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	27
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	27
31	Infection and Immunity	26
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
33	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	25
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	25
-	American Journal of Infection Control	25
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	25
37	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	24
-	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	24
39	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	23
-	AIDS	23
41	Medical Mycology	22
-	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	22
43	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	21
-	HIV Medicine	21
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	21
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	21
48	Infection Genetics and Evolution	20
49	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	19
-	Epidemiology and Infection	19

-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	19
-	International Journal of Std & AIDS	19
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	19
-	Epidemics	19
55	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	18
-	Microbes and Infection	18
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	18
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	18
-	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	18
61	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	17
62	Infectious Diseases	16
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	16
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	16
67	Current Infectious Disease Reports	14
-	Sexual Health	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	14
71	Pathogens and Disease	12
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	12
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	12
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
76	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
77	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	10
-	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	10
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	10
-	AIDS Reviews	10
81	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	9
-	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	9
-	Antiviral Therapy	9
84	Current HIV Research	7
85	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
86	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4