''Infection and Immunity'' is a

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published by the American Society for Microbiology. It focuses on interactions between bacterial, fungal, or parasitic pathogens and their hosts. Areas covered include molecular pathogenesis, cellular

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, bacterial infection, host responses and inflammation, fungal and parasitic infections, microbial

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and vaccines, and molecular

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. The journal publishes primary research articles,

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s, commentaries, minireviews, and a spotlight report highlighting articles of particular interest selected by the editors. Articles are freely accessible after 6 months ( delayed open access). Through its "Global Outreach Program," free online access is available to qualified microbiologists in eligible developing countries.

History

The journal was established in 1970. Prior to that time, original research articles covering topics in infection and immunity were published in a section of the '' Journal of Bacteriology''. As the size of this section grew, the need for a separate journal publishing peer-reviewed research in this area became apparent. The first editor-in-chief was Erwin Neter (

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Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of ''Infection and Immunity'': * 1970-1979: Erwin Neter * 1980-1989: Joseph W. Shands, Jr. * 1990-1999: Vincent A. Fischetti * 2000-2007: Alison D. O’Brien * 2007–2017: Ferric C. Fang * 2017–present: Andreas J. Bäumler

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.256, ranking it 30th out of 88 journals in the category "Infectious Diseases" and 75th out of 155 journals in the category "Immunology."

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://iai.asm.org/ Microbiology journals Delayed open access journals Publications established in 1970 English-language journals Monthly journals American Society for Microbiology academic journals