Epidemiology · 228 journals indexed

Highest-impact journals for Epidemiology

The top Epidemiology journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.

  1. 1
    Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    14.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
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  2. 2
    Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    11.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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  3. 3
    The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
    9.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  4. 4
    British Journal of Biomedical Science
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  5. 5
    Eurosurveillance
    7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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  6. 6
    Autophagy
    6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  7. 7
    International Journal of Stroke
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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  8. 8
    Journal of Infection
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  9. 9
    Hepatology Communications
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  10. 10
    Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
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  11. 11
    Expert Review of Vaccines
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Informa
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  12. 12
    PLoS Pathogens
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of Science
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  13. 13
    Hepatology International
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  14. 14
    JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · JMIR Publications
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  15. 15
    Journal of Virology
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
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  16. 16
    Antiviral Research
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  17. 17
    Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  18. 18
    Infection
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  19. 19
    International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  20. 20
    Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  21. 21
    Virology Journal
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  22. 22
    Harm Reduction Journal
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Clinical Epidemiology
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
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  24. 24
    The Journal of Infectious Diseases
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
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  25. 25
    Medical Mycology
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
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  26. 26
    International Journal of Drug Policy
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  27. 27
    Addiction
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  28. 28
    Journal of Medical Virology
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  29. 29
    Mycoses
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  30. 30
    Journal of Clinical Virology
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  31. 31
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1
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  32. 32
    Journal of General Virology
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Microbiology Society
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  33. 33
    Addictive Behaviors
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  34. 34
    Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  35. 35
    Vaccine
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  36. 36
    International Breastfeeding Journal
    2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  37. 37
    European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  38. 38
    Mycopathologia
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  39. 39
    Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  40. 40
    Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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