Home›Search›Journal of Immunology

Journal of Immunology

American Association of Immunologists · United States · Est. 1916

ISSN1550-6606

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.444

H-Indexi

528

SNIPi

0.817

Total Worksi

105,526

Total Citationsi

5,117,198

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Immunology and Allergy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1916

FrequencySemimonthly, Jan. 1986-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications105,526

Publisher OrgAmerican Association of Immunologists

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association of Immunologists

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1550-6606

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.4k

23k

2019

21k

2020

1.7k

13k

2021

1.9k

7.6k

2022

2.3k

5.2k

2023

1.2k

2.5k

2024

3.2k

1.2k

2025

2.1k

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

ImmunologyQ1

Immunology and AllergyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Immunology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyImmunology and Allergy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Immune Cell Function and InteractionT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchImmune Response and InflammationCAR-T cell therapy researchCell Adhesion Molecules ResearchGlycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchImmune cells in cancerCytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Immunology

Is Journal of Immunology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Immunology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Immunology?

Journal of Immunology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.56.

Is Journal of Immunology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Immunology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Immunology?