The ''Journal of Immunology'' is a biweekly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The fi ...
that publishes basic and clinical studies in all aspects of
immunology
Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see ther ...
. Established in 1916, it changed its name to ''Journal of Immunology, Virus Research and Experimental Chemotherapy'' from 1943 to 1949, then returned to the original ''Journal of Immunology'' in 1950. It is the official journal of the
American Association of Immunologists. The
editor-in-chief
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is Eugene M. Oltz.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 5.422.
History
The journal was established by
Arthur Fernandez Coca (1875–1959) 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 two months, and from 1926 to 1985 (except in 1928) it was published monthly. The journal has been published twice a month since 1986.
References
Further reading
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External links
*{{Official website, http://www.jimmunol.org/
Immunology journals
Publications established in 1915
Biweekly journals
English-language journals