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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Infectious Diseases	97
2	Antibiotics-Basel	75
3	Clinical Infectious Diseases	70
4	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	55
5	Emerging Infectious Diseases	53
6	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	51
-	Emerging Microbes & Infections	51
8	Journal of Infectious Diseases	44
9	BMC Infectious Diseases	41
-	Journal of Infection	41
-	Lancet HIV	41
12	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	40
13	Journal of Infection and Public Health	39
14	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
15	Virulence	36
16	One Health	35
17	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
19	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	32
-	Malaria Journal	32
21	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	31
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
-	Infectious Diseases and Therapy	31
24	Journal of Hospital Infection	30
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	30
26	Journal of the International AIDS Society	29
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	29
28	Infection	28
29	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	27
-	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses	27
31	AIDS	26
-	American Journal of Infection Control	26
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	26
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
35	Infection Genetics and Evolution	25
-	Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection	25
-	Journal of Travel Medicine	25
38	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases	24
-	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	24
40	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	23
-	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	23
42	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases	22
-	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America	22
44	Transplant Infectious Disease	21
-	Current HIV/AIDS Reports	21
-	Infection and Immunity	21
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	21
-	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	21
-	Epidemics	21
-	HIV Medicine	21

-	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	21
-	Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	21
53	Medical Mycology	19
-	Epidemiology and Infection	19
-	AIDS Research and Therapy	19
56	Microbes and Infection	18
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
-	Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS	18
59	Zoonoses and Public Health	17
-	AIDS Patient Care and Stds	17
61	Infectious Diseases	16
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	16
-	Sexually Transmitted Infections	16
-	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology	16
-	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	16
66	Journal of Infection in Developing Countries	15
-	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	15
68	Pathogens and Disease	14
-	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	14
-	Current Infectious Disease Reports	14
-	Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica	14
-	Sexual Health	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
-	International Journal of Std & AIDS	14
75	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
-	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases	12
78	Antiviral Therapy	11
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
80	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases	10
81	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases	9
-	Journal of Virus Eradication	9
83	Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine	8
84	AIDS Reviews	7
-	Current HIV Research	7
86	Revista Chilena de Infectologia	5
87	Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases	4