About This Journal

The Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM) publishes the most current research on the microbiological aspects of human and animal infections and infestations, with emphasis on their etiologic agents, diagnosis, and epidemiology.

Sections include:

• Commentaries
• Minireviews
• Bacteriology
• Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology
• Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
• Mycology
• Parasitology
• Virology
• Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
• Epidemiology
• Case Reports
• Fast-Track Communications
  

Monthly, with 3,972 projected pages in 2009. Print ISSN: 0095-1137. Online ISSN: 1098-660X.

JCM has an impact factor of 3.945 and an Eigenfactor score of 0.122 according to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports. It is the #3 cited journal in Microbiology, with more than 46,000 citations in 2008, as reported in 2008 Journal Citation Reports. JCM is also ranked #5 in Microbiology by Eigenfactor. It is ranked #18 by impact factor out of 91 journals in the Microbiology category.

Indexed/Abstracted in: AgBiotech News and Information, Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B), Biotechnology Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, Caplus, Current Contents, EMBASE, Illustrata, Index Veterinarius, Science Citation Index Expanded, Summon, and more.