The Journal of Infectious Diseases explained

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Discipline:	Infectious diseases
Abbreviation:	J. Infect. Dis.
Editor:	Cynthia Sears
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Openaccess:	Hybrid
History:	1904-present
Frequency:	Biweekly
Impact:	5.226
Impact-Year:	2020
Website:	https://academic.oup.com/jid
Link1:	https://academic.oup.com/jid/issue
Link1-Name:	Online archive
Issn:	0022-1899
Eissn:	1537-6613
Jstor:	00221899
Coden:	JIDIAQ
Oclc:	01754628
Lccn:	a40001288

The Journal of Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed biweekly medical journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. It covers research on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases, on the microbes that cause them, and on immune system disorders. Cynthia Sears, an expert on gut infections, was appointed editor-in-chief in 2023.^[1]

The journal was established in 1904 and was a quarterly until 1969 when it became a monthly. In 2001, it began biweekly publication. From 1904 to 2011, the journal was published by the University of Chicago Press.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.226.^[2]

Past editors-in-chief

For volumes 1 through 226, the editors-in-chief were:^[3]

• 1904–1936 Ludvig Hektoen & Edwin O. Jordan (Volumes 1–59)
• 1937–1940 Ludvig Hektoen & William H. Taliaferro (Volumes 60–67)
• 1941–1957 William H. Taliaferro (Volumes 68–100)
• 1957–1960 William H. Taliaferro & James W. Moulder (Volumes 101–106)
• 1960–1968 James W. Moulder (Volumes 107–118)
• 1969–1979 Edward H. Kass (Volumes 119–139)
• 1979–1983 (Volumes 140–148)
• 1984–1988 Martha Dukes Yow (Volumes 149–158)
• 1989–2002 Marvin Turck (Volumes 159–186)
• 2003-2022 Martin S. Hirsch (Volumes 187-226)

Further reading

• Hirsch . Martin . 2003 . The Journal of Infectious Diseases: 99 years and counting . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . 187 . 1 . 1 . 10.1086/345877. free .
• Hirsch . Martin . 2004 . Happy birthday to us!! JID reaches 100 . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . 189 . 1 . 1–2 . 10.1086/379742 . 14702145. free .

Notes and References

1. Sears . Cynthia L . Li . Jonathan Z . Singh . Upinder . Turning the page: a welcome from the new leadership of the Journal of Infectious Diseases . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . 1 January 2023 . 227 . 1 . 1–3 . 10.1093/infdis/jiac400. free . 36576495 .
2. Book: 2021 . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . . . Science . Web of Science.
3. Web site: Past Editors. The Journal of Infectious Diseases.