Abbreviated title (ISO 4) J. Infect. Dis. Language English Publication history 1904-present | Discipline Infectious diseases Edited by Martin Hirsch | |
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Publisher Oxford University Press | ||
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.
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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", 4th out of 78 journals in the category "Infectious Diseases" and 14th out of 119 journals in the category "Microbiology".