Infection and Immunity

Aims & Scope

Infection and Immunity® (IAI) provides new insights into the interactions between bacteria, fungi, and parasites and their hosts.

Specific areas of interest include host cellular and immune response to microbes, molecular mechanisms of action of beneficial microbes or host-associated microbial communities, microbial pathogenesis, virulence factors, experimental models of infection, host resistance or susceptibility, and the generation of innate and adaptive immune responses.

IAI will not consider papers that are preliminary, purely descriptive, or case studies.

Clinical studies may be suitable for consideration by IAI if they provide novel insights into infectious disease pathogenesis or noncommunicable diseases associated with microbiota imbalances.

IAI welcomes studies of the microbiome that relate to host-microbe interactions.

Papers describing methodology are not encouraged; only under unusual circumstances will they be considered for publication.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Medline
• PubMed

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Immunology and Microbiology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Apoptosis, Pyroptosis, and Necrosis: Mechanistic Description of Dead and Dying Eukaryotic Cells

  Citation: 1703

  Authors: Susan L., Brad T.

• Resident Enteric Bacteria Are Necessary for Development of Spontaneous Colitis and Immune System Activation in Interleukin-10-Deficient Mice

  Citation: 1181

  Authors: Rance K., Susan, Michael, Levinus A., Wetonia, Ed, Donna M., R. Balfour

• Differential Alteration in Intestinal Epithelial Cell Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) and TLR4 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  Citation: 993

  Authors: Elke, Daniel K.

• Adherence of slime-producing strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to smooth surfaces

  Citation: 971

  Authors: G D, W A, A L, E H

• An in vitro model for sequential study of shiftdown of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through two stages of nonreplicating persistence

  Citation: 960

  Authors: L G, L G

• Construction of an eae deletion mutant of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by using a positive-selection suicide vector

  Citation: 927

  Authors: M S, J B

• The Intercellular Adhesion ( <i>ica</i> ) Locus Is Present in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Is Required for Biofilm Formation

  Citation: 910

  Authors: Sarah E., Christiane, Norbert F., Wright W., Friedrich

• Pretreatment of Mice with Streptomycin Provides a<i>Salmonella enterica</i>Serovar Typhimurium Colitis Model That Allows Analysis of Both Pathogen and Host

  Citation: 903

  Authors: Manja, Siegfried, Leticia, Marcus, Manfred, Michael, Klaus, Holger, Wolf-Dietrich

• Relationships between <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Genetic Background, Virulence Factors, <i>agr</i> Groups (Alleles), and Human Disease

  Citation: 892

  Authors: Sophie, Christophe, Jean, Gerard, Hélène, Françoise, Xavier, Jerome, François

• Purification and partial characterization of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis

  Citation: 878

  Authors: H D, J, J