''Allergy'' is a monthly

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covering the field of

allergy Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, refer a number of conditions caused by the hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic derma ...

and

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, that is published by

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on behalf of the

European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) is a non-profit organisation for European clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals in the field of allergy and clinical immunology, covering asthma, rhinitis, eczema a ...

. It publishes both original articles and reviews. The

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is Cezmi Akdis ( University of Zurich). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 13.146.

History

''Allergy'' was founded by Ernst B. Salén as ''Acta Allergologica'' and was first published by Einer Munksgard in 1948. Salén was also the original editor-in-chief, however Egon Bruun also helped in the early years. Other editors-in-chief have been Gunnar Bendixen (1970–1992), Gunnar S. Johansson (1993–2002),

Jean Bousquet Jean Bousquet (9 May 1912, Bordeaux – 1 April 1996, aged 83) was a 20th-century French Hellenist. Biography In 1931, Jean Bousquet was received "cacique" (first) at the admission competition of the École normale supérieure, in the same class ...

(2003–2009), Thomas Bieber and Hans-Uwe Simon (2010–2017), and the current editor-in-chief Cezmi Akdis (March 2018–present).

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* Immunology journals Wiley (publisher) academic journals Monthly journals Publications established in 1948 English-language journals {{med-journal-stub