The ''Annual Review of Immunology'' is a peer-reviewed

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published by Annual Reviews. It releases an annual volume of

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s relevant to the field of

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. It was first published in 1983 with inaugural

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; Paul remained editor for the journal's first thirty years. As of 2022, its editor is Wayne M. Yokoyama and its 2021

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is 32.481, ranking it third of 161 journals in the category "Immunology".

History

During the 1982 Midwinter Conference of Immunologists at the

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, a meeting of prominent immunologists was convened to discuss the need for a new journal that published

s about immunological topics. Interest was high, with many meeting attendees agreeing that such a journal would be useful and offering to write a review for the first volume. The ''Annual Review of Immunology'' was first published in 1983, making it the twenty-fifth journal title published by the nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews. As of 2021, it is published both online and in print. Some of its articles are available online prior to the volume publication date.

Scope and indexing

The ''Annual Review of Immunology'' defines its scope as covering significant developments in

, including processes of the

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