Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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{{Infobox journal
| title = Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
| cover = 200px
| editor = J. Peter Donnelly
| discipline = Microbiology, pharmacology
| abbreviation = J. Antimicrob. Chemother.
| formernames =
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| country =
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 1975–present
| openaccess = Hybrid and delayed (after 12 months)
| license =
| impact = 3.9
| impact-year = 2023
| website = https://academic.oup.com/jac
| link1 = http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/current
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
| link2-name = Online archive
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| OCLC = 612059247
| LCCN =
| CODEN = JACHDX
| ISSN = 0305-7453
| eISSN = 1460-2091
}}
The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy is a peer-reviewed medical journal which covers antimicrobial chemotherapy, including laboratory aspects and clinical use of antimicrobial agents. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and was established in 1975. In January 2015 J. Peter Donnelly (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre) became the eighth editor-in-chief replacing Alan P. Johnson (Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom).{{cite journal |first= JP |last= Donnelly |title= A new editor-in-chief and the 40th anniversary of the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |journal= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |volume= 70 |issue= 1 |pages= 1 |date= January 2015 |pmid= 25516562 |doi= 10.1093/jac/dku458 |doi-access= free }} The journal has had two previous publishers. All content is available for free after 12 months while authors also have the option to have their articles published immediately as open access.{{cite journal |last1= Reeves |first1= DS |last2= Drummond |first2= CW |last3= Hill |first3= M |title= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: Optional open access and not-for-profit |journal= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |volume= 56 |issue= 5 |pages= 799–802 |date= November 2005 |pmid= 16219756 |doi= 10.1093/jac/dki384 |doi-access= free }}
History
The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy was founded by David Williams in 1975, who was also its editor for its first six years.{{cite book |last1=Greenwood |first1=David |title=Antimicrobial Drugs: Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Medical Triumph |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-953484-5 |page=212 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4_FZHmzjzwC&pg=PA212 |language=en |chapter=6. The golden years of pills and profit}}{{Cite journal|last=Geddes|first=Alasdair M.|date=1 February 2016|title=Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: in the beginning ...|url=https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/71/2/283/2364345|journal=Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy|language=en|volume=71|issue=2|pages=283–284|doi=10.1093/jac/dkv401|pmid=26759495|issn=0305-7453|doi-access=free}}
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- Academic Search
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS Previews{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2014-12-13 |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}
- CAB Abstracts{{cite web |url= http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/cab-abstracts/ |title= Serials cited |work= CAB Abstracts |publisher= CABI |access-date=2014-12-13}}
- Chemical Abstracts{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100310080057/http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2010 |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |access-date=2014-12-13 }}
- CINAHL Plus
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- Elsevier BIOBASE
- Embase{{cite web |title= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |url= http://www.ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/title/1418914707234/69790 |work= Ulrichsweb |access-date=2014-12-18 |url-access=subscription}}
- Global Health
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/7513617 |title=Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |work= NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2014-12-13}}
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus
- Tropical Diseases Bulletin
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 3.9. {{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Infectious diseases |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition= Sciences |series=Web of Science }}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1= Leibovici |first1= L |last2= Drummond |first2= C |last3= Johnson |first3= A |title= Randomized controlled trials in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |journal= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |volume= 62 |issue= 2 |pages= 217–8 |date= August 2008 |pmid= 18577540 |doi= 10.1093/jac/dkn258 |doi-access= free }}
- {{cite journal |last1= Fraser |first1= A |last2= Leibovici |first2= L |last3= Reeves |first3= DS |last4= Johnson |first4= AP |title= Back to the basics: Epidemiology in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |journal= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |volume= 58 |issue= 3 |pages= 489–91 |date= September 2006 |pmid= 16870646 |doi= 10.1093/jac/dkl300 |doi-access= free }}
- {{cite journal |last1= Leibovici |first1= L |last2= Reeves |first2= D |title= Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |journal= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |volume= 56 |issue= 5 |pages= 803–4 |date= November 2005 |pmid= 16166177 |doi= 10.1093/jac/dki340 |doi-access= free }}
- {{cite journal |last1= Williams |first1= AR |last2= Reeves |first2= DS |last3= MacGowan |first3= AP |title= Trends in-original research published from the United Kingdom in the antimicrobial chemotherapy literature, 1980-1994 |journal= Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |volume= 38 |issue= 6 |pages= 1097–101 |date= December 1996 |pmid= 9023660 |doi=10.1093/jac/38.6.1097|doi-access= free }}
External links
- {{Official website|http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/}}
- [http://bsac.org.uk/ British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy]
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Category:Academic journals established in 1975
Category:Pharmacology journals
Category:Microbiology journals
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