Indeks h5 je h-indeks za članke, objavljene v zadnjih (celotnih) petih letih. h je zgornja meja, torej bo poiskanih h člankov, objavljenih v obdobju 2018–2022, ki vsebujejo najmanj h navedb.skrij
Mediana h5 publikacije je središčna vrednost navedb v člankih, ki so vključeni v indeks h5.skrij
| Publikacija | Indeks h5 | Mediana h5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 176 | 339 |
| 2. | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 163 | 310 |
| 3. | Journal of Medical Virology | 143 | 293 |
| 4. | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 117 | 246 |
| 5. | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 114 | 167 |
| 6. | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 109 | 210 |
| 7. | Journal of Infection | 103 | 191 |
| 8. | Euro surveillance: European communicable disease bulletin | 102 | 191 |
| 9. | Vaccine | 98 | 143 |
| 10. | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | 93 | 159 |
| 11. | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 93 | 147 |
| 12. | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 93 | 130 |
| 13. | Emerging Microbes & Infections | 91 | 186 |
| 14. | International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | 82 | 127 |
| 15. | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 81 | 108 |
| 16. | BMC Infectious Diseases | 80 | 115 |
| 17. | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 79 | 113 |
| 18. | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 78 | 123 |
| 19. | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | 76 | 190 |
| 20. | Microbial Pathogenesis | 76 | 110 |
Datumi in število navedb so približne ocene in jih samodejno izračuna računalniški program.