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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	103
2	Clinical Infectious Diseases	72
3	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	56
4	Emerging Infectious Diseases	54
5	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	50
6	BMC Infectious Diseases	47
-	Journal of 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	34
12	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	33
-	Infection	33
14	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	32
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	32
16	Infection Genetics and Evolution	30
-	Malaria Journal	30
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	30
19	American Journal of Infection Control	29
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
21	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	27
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	27
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	27
24	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	26
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	26
26	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	25
-	AIDS	25
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	25
29	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	24
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	24
31	Infection and Immunity	23
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	23
-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	23
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	23
35	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	22
-	HIV Medicine	22
37	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	21
39	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	20
-	Epidemics	20
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	20
42	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	19
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	19
44	Microbes and Infection	18
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	18
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	18
47	Medical Mycology	17
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	17
-	Epidemiology and Infection	17
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	17

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