The ''Journal of Leukocyte Biology'' is a monthly

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covering all aspects of

immunology Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of Immune system, immune systems in all Organism, organisms. Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the Physiology, physiological functioning of the immune system in ...

. The focus of the journal is on

leukocyte White blood cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign entities. White blood cells are genera ...

physiology and leukocyte behavior within the

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. Content is available for free after a 12-month

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. Since 2009, the

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has been Luis J. Montaner. The journal is published by the Society for Leukocyte Biology.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2014

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of 4.289, ranking it 66th out of 184 journals in the category "Cell Biology", 13th out of 68 journals in the category "Hematology" and 31st out of 148 journals in the category "Immunology"

History

The journal was established in 1955 as the ''Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society''. It was originally published by

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. In 1984 the Reticuloendothelial Society changed its name to the Society for Leukocyte Biology and the journal obtained its current name. The original editors-in-chief were A.S. Gordon and B.N. Halpern. Other editors have included J.W. Rebuck, Quenten Myrvik (1974–1980), and Carleton Stewart (1981–1994).

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.jleukbio.org/
Society for Leukocyte Biology
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