About the Journal of Clinical Microbiology

The Journal of Clinical Microbiology 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:

• Instructions to Authors (January issue)
  
• Guest Commentaries
  
• Minireviews
  
• Bacteriology
  
• Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology
  
• Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
  
• Mycology
  
• Parasitology
  
• Virology
  
• Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
  
• Epidemiology
  
• Case Reports
  
• Fast-Track Communications
  

JCM has an impact factor of 3.445 according to the Institute for Scientific Information's 2006 Journal Citation Reports. It is ranked #21 by impact factor out of 88 journals in the Microbiology category.

Indexed/Abstracted in: Agricola, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, Index Medicus, EMBASE, Microbiology Abstracts, Science Citation Index, and more.