The Journal of Infectious Diseases

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The Journal of Infectious Diseases

description Peer-reviewed journal
Area of ​​Expertise Medicine and Infectious Diseases
language English
publishing company Oxford University Press ( United States of America )
First edition 1904
Frequency of publication biweekly
editor Martin Hirsch
Web link Website of the journal
ISSN (print)

The Journal of Infectious Diseases , abbreviated J. Infect. Dis. is a scientific journal published by Oxford University Publishing on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America . The first issue appeared in 1904. The magazine is currently published every two weeks. Original and review articles from all areas of infectiology are published.

The impact factor in 2014 was 5,997. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor is ranked 18th out of 148 journals in the immunology category , fourth out of 78 journals in the infectious diseases category and 14th place out of 119 journals in the microbiology category .

Martin Hirsch ( Harvard University , Boston, United States) is chief editor .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b website of the journal ; Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  2. 2014 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).
  3. ^ Website of Martin Hirsch at the Harvard School of Public Health , accessed August 7, 2013