The ''Journal of Clinical Microbiology'' is a monthly
medical journal
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History
The first ...
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 ...
. The journal was established in 1975. The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Alexander J. McAdam (
Boston Children's Hospital
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). It is a
delayed open access journal
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Details
The embargo period before an article is made available ...
full text content is available free after a six-month
embargo
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.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 11.677
See also
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Clinical medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...
*
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 ...
*
Medical microbiology
Medical microbiology, the large subset of microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, this field of science studies various ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://jcm.asm.org/
American Society for Microbiology
Delayed open access journals
Microbiology journals
Monthly journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1975
Applied microbiology journals
American Society for Microbiology academic journals