Emerging Infectious Diseases

pISSN: 1080-6040eISSN: 1080-6059• JCR: EMERG INFECT DISCenters for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

7.9

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 1.3 (+19.7%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    7.9
  2. Metric year 2024

    6.6

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
IMMUNOLOGYSCIEQ1
INFECTIOUS DISEASESSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Emerging Infectious Diseases current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #376 in Medicine by impact factor and #376 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Emerging Infectious Diseases against journals publishing in the same field.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases publication trend

Published 2,104 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 7.9.

2026 vs 2025: -333
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Journal Details

Total Articles
15,067
H-Index
326
Open Access
Yes
Subject Areas
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology

Article Volume

2022
514
2023
542
2024
529
2025
426
2026
93
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