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''Clinical Microbiology Reviews'' is a
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covering the areas of clinical
microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...
,
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, medical microbiology, infectious diseases, veterinary microbiology, and microbial pathogenesis. It is a
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, full content is accessible via
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and the journal's website after a 12-month
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. In April 2015, the journal transitioned to a continuous online publication model (whereby articles are published as they become ready, before the issue in which they will appear has been finalized). The journal became online-only in January 2018. The final print issue was published in October 2017. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports ''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publicationby Clarivate Analytics (previously the intellectual property of Thomson Reuters). It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science-Core Collect ...
'', the journal has a 2021
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of 50.129. The journal was established in January 1988. The founding editor was Josephine A. Morello (
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). Editorial board structure changed in 1992 and Morello became
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. Betty Ann Forbes (
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) was appointed editor-in-chief in 1997. Irving Nachamkin (
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
) was appointed editor-in-chief in 2002 until 2012. Since 2012, Jo-Anne H. Young (
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
) has served as editor-in-chief. It is the ninth journal established and published by the
American Society for Microbiology The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), originally the Society of American Bacteriologists, is a professional organization for scientists who study viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa as well as other aspects of microbiology. It ...
.


Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports ''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publicationby Clarivate Analytics (previously the intellectual property of Thomson Reuters). It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science-Core Collect ...
'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 50.129.


See also

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Clinical research Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness ( efficacy) of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatm ...


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*{{Official website, http://cmr.asm.org Microbiology journals Delayed open access journals Quarterly journals English-language journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies Review journals Publications established in 1988 American Society for Microbiology academic journals