Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Infectious Diseases journal rankings 2006
95 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Infectious Diseases has 95 ranked journals in 2006. The median OJR rose 0.08 on 2005 to 0.98, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.48. The top three are New England Journal of Medicine, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, and PLoS Pathogens.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery428
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine181
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health154
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine150
- Oncology120
- Epidemiology97
- Infectious Diseases95
- Psychiatry and Mental health89
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging86
- Neurology82
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism78
- Physiology75
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health54
- Dermatology51
- Hematology48
- Ophthalmology48
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology37
- Nephrology34
- Pharmacology29
- Complementary and alternative medicine27
- Reproductive Medicine27
- Emergency Medicine24
- Geriatrics and Gerontology23
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Rehabilitation18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Genetics9
- Hepatology9
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Urology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
95 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2006. | Compare |
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1New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 10.15Q1 | 21.50 1.19 up from 2005 | 2,868 | 24% | — | ||
2Clinical Microbiology ReviewsAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 8.13Q1 | 16.96 4.07 up from 2005 | 126 | 100% | — | ||
3PLoS PathogensOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 4.19Q1 | 7.38no 2005 value | 39 | 100% | $3,043 | — | |
4Annals of Internal MedicineAmerican College of Physicians · United States | 3.61Q1 | 7.54 0.87 up from 2005 | 1,448 | 2% | — | ||
5The Lancet Infectious DiseasesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.47Q1 | 8.46 1.79 up from 2005 | 327 | 11% | $7,280 | ||
6PLoS MedicineOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 3.29Q1 | 5.49 1.00 up from 2005 | 371 | 100% | $6,460 | ||
7Emerging infectious diseasesOACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · United States | 2.52Q1 | 4.76 0.16 down from 2005 | 1,425 | 100% | — | ||
8The Journal of Infectious DiseasesOxford University Press · United States | 2.36Q1 | 6.00 0.48 up from 2005 | 1,863 | 37% | $4,763 | ||
9Clinical Infectious DiseasesOxford University Press · United States | 2.35Q1 | 5.23 0.27 down from 2005 | 2,593 | 29% | $4,763 | ||
10Reviews in Medical VirologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.33Q1 | 6.34 0.82 up from 2005 | 96 | 15% | $4,880 | ||
11AIDS Education and PreventionGuilford Press · United States | 1.88Q1 | 3.04 0.09 down from 2005 | 161 | 6% | — | ||
12AIDSLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 5.23 0.07 up from 2005 | 1,447 | 9% | — | ||
13AIDS and BehaviorSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.83Q1 | 2.79 0.26 up from 2005 | 147 | 27% | $4,590 | ||
14Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOAAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 1.75Q1 | 4.24 0.22 up from 2005 | 3,412 | 75% | — | ||
15Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyOAAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 1.74Q1 | 4.60 0.05 down from 2005 | 2,388 | 74% | — | ||
16AIDS CareTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 2.92 0.91 up from 2005 | 304 | 13% | — | ||
17Journal of Antimicrobial ChemotherapyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 4.01no change | 1,380 | 29% | $3,784 | ||
18American Journal of Infection ControlElsevier BV · United States | 1.62Q1 | 2.76 0.47 down from 2005 | 322 | 8% | $3,360 | ||
19Journal of Water and HealthOAUWA Publishing | 1.55Q1 | 1.34 1.13 down from 2005 | 87 | 57% | — | ||
20Antiviral TherapyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.54Q1 | 4.19 0.15 up from 2005 | 332 | 66% | $2,800 | ||
21JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromesLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.51Q1 | 4.28 0.51 up from 2005 | 907 | 7% | — | ||
22Microbes and InfectionElsevier BV · France | 1.50Q1 | 3.21 0.21 down from 2005 | 606 | 100% | $3,510 | ||
23Tropical Medicine & International HealthWiley · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 3.10 0.64 up from 2005 | 498 | 52% | $3,400 | ||
24Journal of General VirologyMicrobiology Society · United Kingdom | 1.48Q1 | 3.78 0.23 up from 2005 | 1,198 | 9% | — | ||
25British Journal of Clinical PharmacologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.43Q2 | 2.65 0.23 down from 2005 | 730 | 93% | $4,780 | ||
26HIV MedicineWiley · United Kingdom | 1.40Q2 | 3.19 0.50 down from 2005 | 195 | 47% | $4,150 | ||
27Clinical Microbiology and InfectionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 3.61 0.85 up from 2005 | 704 | 91% | $3,780 | ||
28International Journal of Medical MicrobiologyOAElsevier BV · Germany | 1.37Q2 | 2.77 0.21 up from 2005 | 214 | 3% | $3,410 | ||
29Antiviral ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.36Q2 | 3.30 0.19 down from 2005 | 272 | 19% | $4,160 | ||
30Virus ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.32Q2 | 3.12 0.37 up from 2005 | 590 | 12% | $3,010 | ||
31TuberculosisElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.31Q2 | 2.55 1.72 down from 2005 | 157 | 2% | $2,690 | ||
32Infection Genetics and EvolutionOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.29Q2 | 2.82 0.18 down from 2005 | 150 | 8% | $2,730 | ||
33Current HIV ResearchBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 1.28Q2 | 3.47 0.17 up from 2005 | 112 | 4% | — | ||
34Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious DiseaseElsevier BV · United States | 1.28Q2 | 3.09 0.07 down from 2005 | 460 | 5% | $3,290 | ||
35Journal of Medical MicrobiologyMicrobiology Society · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 2.68 0.15 up from 2005 | 582 | 5% | — | ||
36Virology JournalOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.24Q2 | 2.62 1.48 up from 2005 | 106 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
37FEMS Immunology & Medical MicrobiologyOxford University Press · Netherlands | 1.21Q2 | 2.48 0.08 up from 2005 | 434 | 63% | — | ||
38Journal of Medical VirologyWiley · United States | 1.20Q2 | 3.22 0.34 up from 2005 | 818 | 12% | $4,730 | ||
39Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.19Q2 | 1.31 0.14 up from 2005 | 1,219 | 17% | $3,550 | ||
40Viral ImmunologyMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.14Q2 | 2.85 0.15 up from 2005 | 173 | 9% | — | ||
41Epidemiology and InfectionOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 1.92 0.12 down from 2005 | 537 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
42ApmisWiley · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 2.40 0.37 down from 2005 | 356 | 6% | $4,460 | ||
43BMC Infectious DiseasesOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 2.55 0.35 up from 2005 | 207 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
44Filaria JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 2.52 0.27 up from 2005 | 46 | 100% | — | ||
45AIDS Patient Care and STDsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.07Q2 | 2.53 0.33 up from 2005 | 235 | 7% | — | ||
46Journal of Virological MethodsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.04Q2 | 2.42 0.32 up from 2005 | 696 | 9% | $3,210 | ||
47Journal of Hospital InfectionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.98Q2 | 2.09 0.22 down from 2005 | 684 | 5% | $4,000 | ||
48International Journal of STD & AIDSSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.98Q2 | 1.33 0.81 down from 2005 | 192 | 5% | $4,150 | ||
49Medical MycologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.95Q3 | 2.52 0.80 up from 2005 | 281 | 27% | $4,889 | ||
50InfectionSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.94Q3 | 2.53 0.53 up from 2005 | 220 | 14% | $4,790 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Infectious Diseases highlighted.
- Surgery428
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine181
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health154
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine150
- Oncology120
- Epidemiology97
- Infectious Diseases95
- Psychiatry and Mental health89
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging86
- Neurology82
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism78
- Physiology75
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health54
- Dermatology51
- Hematology48
- Ophthalmology48
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology37
- Nephrology34
- Pharmacology29
- Complementary and alternative medicine27
- Reproductive Medicine27
- Emergency Medicine24
- Geriatrics and Gerontology23
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Rehabilitation18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Genetics9
- Hepatology9
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Urology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
29 additional Infectious Diseases journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 95
- Window papers (baseline)
- 31,333 +27.2% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.98 +29.9% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 48
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 70 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 92 | 95 | 101 | 106 | 110 | 118 | 131 | 144 | 162 | 173 | 182 | 189 | 198 | 210 | 217 | 222 | 234 | 243 | 259 | 263 | 258 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 18,375 | 21,167 | 22,805 | 24,640 | 25,208 | 28,008 | 31,333 | 35,063 | 38,170 | 42,272 | 46,364 | 49,515 | 52,080 | 54,445 | 58,513 | 62,728 | 67,259 | 69,548 | 70,742 | 70,658 | 72,743 | 100,768 | 135,954 | 162,915 | 153,103 | 130,899 | |
| Median OJR | 0.602 | 0.68 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.901 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 1.04 | 0.998 | 1.01 | 0.999 | 0.97 | 0.900 | 0.91 | 0.874 | 0.85 | 0.8699 | 0.8696 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.597 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.75 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.