Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Clinical Microbiology Reviews is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the areas of clinical microbiology, immunology, medical microbiology, infectious diseases, veterinary microbiology, and microbial pathogenesis. It is a delayed open access journal, full content is accessible via PubMed Central and the journal's website after a 12-month embargo. In April 2015, the journal transitioned to a continuous online publication model (whereby articles are published as they become ready, before the issue in which they will appear has been finalized). The journal became online-only in January 2018. The final print issue was published in October 2017. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 19.0.^[1] The journal was established in January 1988.^[2] The founding editor was Josephine A. Morello (University of Chicago Medical Center).^[2] Editorial board structure changed in 1992 and Morello became editor-in-chief.^[2] Betty Ann Forbes (State University of New York) was appointed editor-in-chief in 1997.^[2] Irving Nachamkin (University of Pennsylvania) was appointed editor-in-chief in 2002 until 2012. Jo-Anne H. Young (University of Minnesota) served as editor-in-chief from 2012 to 2022. The current editor-in-chief is Graeme Forrest (Rush University). It is the ninth journal established and published by the American Society for Microbiology.^[2]