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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	100
2	Antibiotics-Basel	72
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	71
4	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	56
5	Emerging Infectious Diseases	52
6	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	51
7	Emerging Microbes & Infections	49
8	Journal of Infectious Diseases	48
9	BMC Infectious Diseases	44
10	Journal of Infection	42
11	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	41
12	Journal of Infection and Public Health	40
-	Lancet HIV	40
14	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
15	Virulence	36
16	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
18	One Health	33
19	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	32
20	Malaria Journal	31
-	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	31
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	31
-	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	31
25	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
26	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	29
-	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
28	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	28
-	Infection	28
-	Infection Genetics and Evolution	28
31	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	27
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	27
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	27
-	American Journal of Infection Control	27
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	27
36	Journal of Travel Medicine	25
-	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	25
38	AIDS	24
39	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	23
-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	23
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	23
-	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	23
43	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	22
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	22
-	Infection and Immunity	22
46	HIV Medicine	21
-	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	21
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	21
-	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
50	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	20

-	Epidemics	20
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	20
53	AIDS Research and Therapy	19
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	19
-	Medical Mycology	19
56	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	18
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	18
-	Epidemiology and Infection	18
-	Infectious Diseases	18
-	Microbes and Infection	18
61	Microbial Drug Resistance	17
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	17
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	17
64	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Zoonoses and Public Health	16
67	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
-	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	15
69	Surgical Infections	14
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	14
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	14
-	Pathogens and Disease	14
73	International Journal of Std & AIDS	13
-	Sexual Health	13
75	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
-	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
78	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
79	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	10
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	10
-	Antiviral Therapy	10
82	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	9
83	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	8
-	AIDS Reviews	8
85	Current HIV Research	6
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4