The Journal of Infectious Diseases

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, abbreviated J. Infect. Dis. is a scientific journal published by the Oxford University -Verlag on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The first edition appeared in 1904. Currently, the journal is published bi-weekly. It will be published original and review articles in all areas of Infectious Diseases.

The Impact Factor was in 2012 at 5,848. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge, the journal impact factor with this in the category of Immunology at # 20 out of 135 journals in the category of infectious diseases in fifth place out of 69 journals and in the category Microbiology at # 13 out of 116 journals is conducted.

Chief Editor is Martin Hirsch (Harvard University, Boston, United States).