Emerging Infectious Diseases

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).^[1] EID is a public domain^[2] journal and covers global instances of new and reemerging infectious diseases, putting greater emphasis on disease emergence, prevention, control, and elimination. According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2022 impact factor is 11.8. The journal also has a 2023 Google Scholar h5-index score of 106, ranking it 2nd in the epidemiology category^[3] and 4th in the communicable diseases category.^[4]