The Journal of Infectious Diseases
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. The editor-in-chief is Martin Hirsch, who succeeded Marvin Turck. The journal was established in 1904 and was a quarterly until 1969 when it became a monthly, then in 2001 it began biweekly publication. From 1904 to 2011, the journal was published by the University of Chicago Press.
Discipline | Infectious diseases |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Martin Hirsch |
Publication details | |
History | 1904-present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Biweekly |
Hybrid | |
5.186 (2017) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | J. Infect. Dis. |
Indexing | |
CODEN | JIDIAQ |
ISSN | 0022-1899 (print) 1537-6613 (web) |
LCCN | a40001288 |
JSTOR | 00221899 |
OCLC no. | 01754628 |
Links | |
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Academic OneFile[1]
- Academic Search[1]
- BIOSIS Previews[2]
- CAB Abstracts[3]
- Chemical Abstracts[4]
- CINAHL[5]
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine[2]
- Elsevier Biobase[1]
- Embase[1]
- Global Health[6]
- Current Contents/Life Sciences[2]
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/Pub Med[7]
- Science Citation Index[2]
- Scopus[1]
- Tropical Diseases Bulletin[8]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 5.997, ranking it 18th out of 148 journals in the category "Immunology",[9] 4th out of 78 journals in the category "Infectious Diseases"[10] and 14th out of 119 journals in the category "Microbiology".[11]
References
- "The Journal of Infectious Diseases". Ulrichsweb. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL. EBSCO Information Services. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "Serials cited". Global Health. CABI. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "The Journal of Infectious Diseases". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "Serials cited". Tropical Diseases Bulletin. CABI. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- "Journals Ranked by Impact: Immunology". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
- "Journals Ranked by Impact: Infectious Diseases". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
- "Journals Ranked by Impact: Microbiology". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
Further reading
- Hirsch, Martin (2003). "The Journal of Infectious Diseases: 99 years and counting". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 187 (1): 1. doi:10.1086/345877.
- Hirsch, Martin (2004). "Happy birthday to us!! JID reaches 100". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 189 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1086/379742. PMID 14702145.