Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Subfield ranking · 2008
Infectious Diseases journal rankings 2008
106 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Infectious Diseases has 106 ranked journals in 2008. The median OJR rose 0.12 on 2007 to 1.04, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.47. The top three are New England Journal of Medicine, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, and PLoS Pathogens.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. 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 2005–2007, the window the 2008 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)
- Surgery474
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine199
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine173
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health173
- Oncology127
- Epidemiology114
- Infectious Diseases106
- Psychiatry and Mental health98
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging94
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism89
- Physiology89
- Neurology85
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine60
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health60
- Ophthalmology55
- Hematology52
- Dermatology50
- Obstetrics and Gynecology45
- Rheumatology38
- Nephrology33
- Pharmacology32
- Reproductive Medicine32
- Emergency Medicine29
- Complementary and alternative medicine28
- Geriatrics and Gerontology24
- Otorhinolaryngology21
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine18
- Rehabilitation18
- Immunology and Allergy15
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Genetics11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Hepatology9
- Urology8
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
106 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 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 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 2008. | Compare |
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1New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 11.34Q1 | 22.42 0.35 up from 2007 | 2,875 | 30% | — | ||
2Clinical Microbiology ReviewsAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 11.13Q1 | 21.41 1.03 up from 2007 | 103 | 97% | — | ||
3PLoS PathogensOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 4.94Q1 | 11.05 0.52 up from 2007 | 343 | 100% | $3,043 | ||
4Annals of Internal MedicineAmerican College of Physicians · United States | 3.87Q1 | 9.80 1.13 up from 2007 | 1,158 | 8% | — | ||
5The Lancet Infectious DiseasesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.73Q1 | 9.24 1.49 up from 2007 | 339 | 12% | $7,280 | ||
6PLoS MedicineOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 3.43Q1 | 7.06 1.59 up from 2007 | 1,050 | 100% | $6,460 | ||
7Clinical Infectious DiseasesOxford University Press · United States | 2.74Q1 | 6.44 0.80 up from 2007 | 2,484 | 34% | $4,763 | ||
8The Journal of Infectious DiseasesOxford University Press · United States | 2.60Q1 | 5.88 0.16 down from 2007 | 1,766 | 44% | $4,763 | ||
9Emerging infectious diseasesOACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · United States | 2.57Q1 | 5.56 0.64 up from 2007 | 1,601 | 100% | — | ||
10Reviews in Medical VirologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.36Q1 | 6.02 0.42 up from 2007 | 85 | 11% | $4,880 | ||
11AIDSLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 2.13Q1 | 5.38 0.47 up from 2007 | 1,443 | 26% | — | ||
12JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromesLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.05Q1 | 5.21 0.56 up from 2007 | 926 | 32% | — | ||
13Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyOAAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 1.93Q1 | 5.14 0.18 up from 2007 | 2,435 | 100% | — | ||
14Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOAAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 1.87Q1 | 4.56 0.30 up from 2007 | 2,962 | 100% | — | ||
15Infectious Disorders - Drug TargetsBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 1.85Q1 | 3.88 0.73 up from 2007 | 58 | 12% | — | ||
16International Journal of Medical MicrobiologyOAElsevier BV · Germany | 1.82Q1 | 3.57 0.41 up from 2007 | 299 | 9% | $3,410 | ||
17Journal of Antimicrobial ChemotherapyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 4.49 0.30 up from 2007 | 1,462 | 40% | $3,784 | ||
18AIDS Education and PreventionGuilford Press · United States | 1.77Q1 | 2.87 0.15 up from 2007 | 154 | 16% | — | ||
19HIV MedicineWiley · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 3.64 0.54 down from 2007 | 235 | 53% | $4,150 | ||
20Antiviral TherapyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.68Q1 | 4.37 0.40 up from 2007 | 413 | 70% | $2,800 | ||
21Clinical Microbiology and InfectionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 3.96 0.70 up from 2007 | 786 | 90% | $3,780 | ||
22AIDS and BehaviorSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.64Q1 | 3.04 0.17 up from 2007 | 363 | 49% | $4,590 | ||
23Journal of General VirologyMicrobiology Society · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 3.80 0.12 up from 2007 | 1,210 | 26% | — | ||
24Tropical Medicine & International HealthWiley · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 3.04 0.13 up from 2007 | 549 | 54% | $3,400 | ||
25American Journal of Infection ControlElsevier BV · United States | 1.55Q1 | 3.66 1.05 up from 2007 | 394 | 16% | $3,360 | ||
26BMC Infectious DiseasesOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.48Q1 | 3.42 0.86 up from 2007 | 439 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
27Microbes and InfectionElsevier BV · France | 1.47Q1 | 3.36 0.33 up from 2007 | 752 | 100% | $3,510 | ||
28Antiviral ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.47Q2 | 3.83 0.09 up from 2007 | 332 | 19% | $4,160 | ||
29British Journal of Clinical PharmacologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.43Q2 | 2.83 0.19 up from 2007 | 704 | 90% | $4,780 | ||
30Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.41Q2 | 1.97 0.35 up from 2007 | 1,354 | 22% | $3,550 | ||
31AIDS CareTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 2.23 0.01 up from 2007 | 421 | 37% | — | ||
32Infection Genetics and EvolutionOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.37Q2 | 3.01 0.76 up from 2007 | 200 | 25% | $2,730 | ||
33Virus ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.33Q2 | 2.85 0.25 down from 2007 | 603 | 20% | $3,010 | ||
34Epidemiology and InfectionOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 2.37 0.13 up from 2007 | 621 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
35Journal of Medical MicrobiologyMicrobiology Society · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 2.53 0.15 up from 2007 | 774 | 12% | — | ||
36Expert Review of Anti-infective TherapyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 2.89 0.58 up from 2007 | 260 | 28% | — | ||
37Journal of Medical VirologyWiley · United States | 1.20Q2 | 3.00 0.34 down from 2007 | 776 | 24% | $4,730 | ||
38Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious DiseaseElsevier BV · United States | 1.18Q2 | 2.54 0.16 down from 2007 | 647 | 9% | $3,290 | ||
39Medical MycologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.17Q2 | 2.86 0.40 up from 2007 | 358 | 21% | $4,889 | ||
40Journal of Hospital InfectionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 2.98 0.66 up from 2007 | 739 | 10% | $4,000 | ||
41FEMS Immunology & Medical MicrobiologyOxford University Press · Netherlands | 1.14Q2 | 2.44 0.33 up from 2007 | 443 | 66% | — | ||
42Viral ImmunologyMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.13Q2 | 2.43 0.30 up from 2007 | 212 | 24% | — | ||
43Clinics in Laboratory MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 1.12Q2 | 2.02 0.32 down from 2007 | 141 | 7% | $3,000 | ||
44AIDS Patient Care and STDsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.12Q2 | 2.82 0.19 down from 2007 | 304 | 27% | — | ||
45AIDS Research and TherapyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 2.68 0.46 up from 2007 | 69 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
46Medical Microbiology and ImmunologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.11Q2 | 2.66 1.06 up from 2007 | 84 | 21% | $5,090 | ||
47Journal of Water and HealthOAUWA Publishing | 1.11Q2 | 1.81 0.22 up from 2007 | 191 | 78% | — | ||
48MycopathologiaSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.11Q2 | 2.31 0.64 up from 2007 | 323 | 19% | $4,190 | ||
49Future MicrobiologyFuture Medicine · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 2.17 1.28 up from 2007 | 102 | 11% | — | ||
50Virology JournalOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 2.53 0.18 down from 2007 | 331 | 100% | $3,290 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Infectious Diseases highlighted.
- Surgery474
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine199
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine173
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health173
- Oncology127
- Epidemiology114
- Infectious Diseases106
- Psychiatry and Mental health98
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging94
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism89
- Physiology89
- Neurology85
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine60
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health60
- Ophthalmology55
- Hematology52
- Dermatology50
- Obstetrics and Gynecology45
- Rheumatology38
- Nephrology33
- Pharmacology32
- Reproductive Medicine32
- Emergency Medicine29
- Complementary and alternative medicine28
- Geriatrics and Gerontology24
- Otorhinolaryngology21
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine18
- Rehabilitation18
- Immunology and Allergy15
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Genetics11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Hepatology9
- Urology8
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
38 additional Infectious Diseases journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, 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: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 106
- Window papers (baseline)
- 38,170 +36.3% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 1.04 +15.5% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 48
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 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.