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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
MOSBY-ELSEVIER, United States
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL is an academic journal published by MOSBY-ELSEVIER (United States). Identifiers: ISSN 0196-6553, eISSN 1527-3296. Indexed in SCIE, SCOPUS. Metrics: JIF 2.4, CiteScore 7.9, SJR 0.911, SNIP 1.03. Subject areas: ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, PUBLIC, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH. tlooto lists 11,323 papers from this journal.
CiteScore
7.90
Scopus citation metric
SJR
0.911
SCImago rank
SNIP
1.03
Source normalized impact
Percentage rank
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JIF percentile rank
Journal profile
- ISSN
- 0196-6553
- eISSN
- 1527-3296
- Abbreviation
- AM J INFECT CONTROL
- Publisher
- MOSBY-ELSEVIER
- Country
- United States
Web of Science categories
SCIEENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, PUBLIC
Scopus ASJC categories
2713 Epidemiology2719 Health Policy2725 Infectious Diseases2739 Public Health
Keywords
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Infectious Diseases
Papers in this journal
Recent papers
- Emerging Pathogens – Cleaning behind the Curve
2026
- Elements and governance of infection prevention and control programs in residential aged care homes: A scoping review.
2026
- Quality in Action: A Systematic Approach to Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention
2026
- Antimicrobial Use in Puerto Rico: Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio Comparisons by Hospital Size and Care Unit Type, 2024
2026
- Clean Connections: Standardizing Wall Box Disinfection in Hemodialysis Areas
2026
Most cited papers
- CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting.
2008 · 6,415 citations
- CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988.
1988 · 5,340 citations
- CDC definitions for nosocomial infections.
1989 · 4,748 citations
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HIPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force.
2002 · 3,283 citations
- Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
1999 · 3,203 citations