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<i>The Journal of Infectious Diseases</i>

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Peer-reviewed scientific journal


The Journal of Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed biweekly medical journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. It covers research on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases, on the microbes that cause them, and on immune system disorders. Cynthia Sears, an expert on gut infections, was appointed editor-in-chief in 2023.[1]

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The journal was established in 1904 and was a quarterly until 1969 when it became a monthly. In 2001, it began biweekly publication. From 1904 to 2011, the journal was published by the University of Chicago Press.[citation needed]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.226.[10]

Past editors-in-chief

For volumes 1 through 226, the editors-in-chief were:[11]

  • 1904–1936 Ludvig Hektoen & Edwin O. Jordan (Volumes 1–59)
  • 1937–1940 Ludvig Hektoen & William H. Taliaferro (Volumes 60–67)
  • 1941–1957 William H. Taliaferro (Volumes 68–100)
  • 1957–1960 William H. Taliaferro & James W. Moulder (Volumes 101–106)
  • 1960–1968 James W. Moulder (Volumes 107–118)
  • 1969–1979 Edward H. Kass (Volumes 119–139)
  • 1979–1983 George Gee Jackson [de] (Volumes 140–148)
  • 1984–1988 Martha Dukes Yow (Volumes 149–158)
  • 1989–2002 Marvin Turck (Volumes 159–186)
  • 2003-2022 Martin S. Hirsch (Volumes 187-226)

References

  1. Sears, Cynthia L; Li, Jonathan Z; Singh, Upinder (1 January 2023). "Turning the page: a welcome from the new leadership of the Journal of Infectious Diseases". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiac400. PMID 36576495.
  2. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. "Serials cited". Global Health. CABI. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. "The Journal of Infectious Diseases". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2021.
  7. "Past Editors". The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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