Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy


The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy is a peer-reviewed medical journal which covers antimicrobial chemotherapy, including laboratory aspects and clinical use of antimicrobial agents. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and was established in 1975. In January 2015 J. Peter Donnelly became the eighth editor-in-chief replacing Alan P. Johnson. The journal has had two previous publishers. All content is available for free after 12 months while authors also have the option to have their articles published immediately as open access.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal received a 2017 impact factor of 5.217, ranking it 8th out of 88 journals in the category Infectious Diseases, 19th out of 126 journals in the category Microbiology, and 19th out of 261 journals in the category Pharmacology & Pharmacy.