Journal of Immunology


The Journal of Immunology is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal that publishes basic and clinical studies in all aspects of immunology. Established in 1916, it changed named to Journal of Immunology, Virus Research and Experimental Chemotherapy from 1943 to 1949, to return to the original Journal of Immunology in 1950. It is the official journal of the American Association of Immunologists. The editor-in-chief is Eugene M. Oltz.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.718.

History

The journal was established by Arthur Fernandez Coca in 1916 as the official journal of the American Association of Immunologists and the New York Society for Serology and Hematology. Coca was sole editor from 1916 to 1925 when John C. Torrey joined the journal. From 1916 to 1925 the journal was published every 2 months, from 1926 to 1985 it was published monthly. The journal has been published twice a month since 1986.