The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Aims & Scope

The Lancet Infectious Diseases was launched in August, 2001, and is a lively monthly journal of original research, review, opinion, and news covering international issues relevant to clinical infectious diseases specialists worldwide.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	31
2024	36.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	5.446

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	304

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	256

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	11867

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time

  Citation: 8251

  Authors: Ensheng, Hongru, Lauren

• Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis

  Citation: 4815

  Authors: Evelina, Elena, Alessia, Stephan, Marc, Dominique L, Céline, Gunnar, Jan, Yehuda, Marc, Kevin, Jean, Marco, Edward M, Chris R, M Lindsay, Paul, Nalini, Ursula, Nicola, Aaron Oladipo, Seif Salem, Nordiah, Nur, Sanjay, Adrian John, Francesco Robert, Otto, Giuseppe, Oliver James, Alex W, Ana C, Sumanth, Christian Georg, Debra A, Herman, Thomas, Manuel, Waleria, Deepthi, Timothy, Souha S, Lawrence, Marie-Paule, Yang Soo, Roman S, Jaime, Ramanan, Karin, Leonard, Gabriel, Jasper, Surbhi, Vikas, Lorenzo, Babacar, Angelo, David L, Mical, Haibo, Pilar, Jesús, Maurizio, Sharmila, Mike, Massinissa, Lynn L, Wonkeung, Martin, Jens, Guy E, Jos WM, Nguyen, Silvio, Maria Virginia, Agnes, Heiman Frank Louis, Evelyn, Neil, Fidan O, Anna

• Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study

  Citation: 4384

  Authors: Yi-Yun, Yang, Timothy R, Ling-Xian, Rong, James, Yohei, Guobao, Baolei, Xianhui, Lin-Feng, Danxia, Hongwei, Xiaojie, Luchao, Dandan, Hongwei, Zisen, Jian-Hua, Jianzhong

• Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions

  Citation: 3451

  Authors: Ramanan, Adriano, Chand, Anita K M, Heiman F L, Nithima, Erika, Gabriel Levy, Ian M, Herman, Christina, Anthony D, Maryam, Göran, Will, Eva, Arturo Quizhpe, Farah Naz, Fatima, Sam, Zulfiqar A, Anthony, Richard, Gerard D, Eric D, Otto

• Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis

  Citation: 2856

  Authors: Robert, Lucy C, Ilaria, Peter, Charles, Natsuko, Gina, Hayley, Patrick G T, Han, Amy, Jamie T, Marc, Sangeeta, Adhiratha, Anne, Zulma, Rich, Katy, Will, Arran, Wes, Daniel, Gemma, Steven, Sabine, Erik, Haowei, Yuanrong, Xiaoyue, Christl A, Azra C, Neil M

• Radiological findings from 81 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study

  Citation: 2667

  Authors: Heshui, Xiaoyu, Nanchuan, Yukun, Osamah, Jin, Yanqing, Chuansheng

• Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study

  Citation: 2552

  Authors: Kelvin Kai-Wang, Owen Tak-Yin, Wai-Shing, Anthony Raymond, Tak-Chiu, David Christopher, Cyril Chik-Yan, Jian-Piao, Jacky Man-Chun, Thomas Shiu-Hong, Daphne Pui-Ling, Chris Yau-Chung, Lin-Lei, Wan-Mui, Kwok-Hung, Jonathan Daniel, Anthony Chin-Ki, Rosana Wing-Shan, Cui-Ting, Vincent Chi-Chung, Jasper Fuk-Woo, Ivan Fan-Ngai, Zhiwei, Honglin, Kwok-Yung

• Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

  Citation: 2293

  Authors: Alessandro, Liselotte Diaz, Diamantis, Annalisa, Ana, Gunnar Skov, Mélanie, Mirjam E, Brecht, Michele, Driss Ait, Tiago Cravo, Marc J, Carl, Dominique L, Reinhild, Karl, Thomas, Boudewijn, Katrien, Ivan N, Elina G, Arjana, Silvija, Ana, Niki, Helena, Stefan, Ute, Pille, Marina, Outi, Jari, Bruno, Tim, Muna, Sebastian, George L, Achilleas, Sotirios, Flora, Ákos, Ágnes, Ólafur, Karl G, Stephen, Karen, Patrizio, Carlo, Uga, Agne, Monique, Michael A, Sabine C, Jos CM, Mayke BG, Petter, Dorota, Aleksander, Waleria, Manuela, Paulo Jorge, Paulo André, Vera, Gabriel A, Roxana I, Eva, Slavka, Mária, Jana, Irena, Aleš, Belén, Angel, María, Hanna, Sofie, Jacqui S, Alan, Susan

• Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study

  Citation: 2225

  Authors: Karthikeyan K, Mark A, Timothy R, Jay, Fafhana, Ravikumar, Uma, Michel, Christian G, Seema, Padma, Anil V, Sunil, Shazad, Tabassum, David L, Andrew, Claire, Rachel, Bhargavi, Ujjwayini, Jayanta B, Madhu, Elizabeth, Mandayam A, Jane, Supriya, Marina, William, David M, Neil

• The global burden of group A streptococcal diseases

  Citation: 2223

  Authors: Jonathan R, Andrew C, E Kim, Martin

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