Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Journals

Official journal of the British Infection Association, covering microbiology, epidemiology, and clinical aspects of infectious disease medicine. Publishes high-impact research on emerging infectious diseases, outbreak investigations, antimicrobial resistance, sepsis, respiratory infections including influenza and COVID-19, HIV, and the molecular epidemiology and clinical management of infectious diseases.

The flagship journal of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), publishing clinical research on all aspects of infectious diseases in humans. Covers clinical trials of antimicrobial agents, infectious disease epidemiology, clinical outcomes, IDSA practice guidelines, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, viral infections, fungal infections, and emerging infectious diseases with clinical significance.

CDC's open-access journal promoting recognition of new and reemerging infectious diseases and improving understanding of factors in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination. Covers global infectious disease surveillance, outbreak reports, zoonotic diseases, vector-borne diseases, antimicrobial resistance, travel medicine, and the epidemiology and ecology of emerging pathogens.

Official journal of ISAR, covering research on antiviral agents, vaccines, and immunotherapies against viruses of animals and plants. Publishes research on antiviral drug discovery and development, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, antiviral resistance mechanisms, combination antiviral therapy, antiviral natural products, and clinical evaluation of antiviral agents.

An MDPI open-access journal covering all aspects of antibiotic research including biochemistry, microbiology, natural antibiotics, antibiotic prescribing and stewardship, antibiotic development, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and epidemiology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antibiotics, novel antibiotic targets, and combination antibiotic strategies.

Covers the biology, pharmacology, and clinical use of antimicrobial agents, antiviral agents, antifungal agents, and antiparasitic drugs. Emphasis on antimicrobial resistance surveillance, new antimicrobial compounds, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, molecular mechanisms of resistance, and treatment outcomes with antimicrobial therapy in human infections.

The ASM journal covering all aspects of antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, and antiparasitic agents. Covers development and evaluation of new antimicrobial compounds, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, molecular epidemiology, and preclinical and early clinical data for novel antimicrobial agents.

ASM's journal of virology publishing basic research on the fundamental biology of animal, plant, and bacterial viruses. Covers virus replication and cell biology, viral genetics, virus-host interactions, mechanisms of viral pathogenesis, viral immune evasion, antiviral immunity, viral entry and assembly, and viral genomics. Emphasizes mechanistic insights broadly important to virology.

An MDPI open-access journal covering all areas of microbiology including bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, and industrial microbiology. In the infectious disease context, covers antimicrobial resistance, microbial pathogenesis, host-microbe interaction, clinical microbiology, microbiome and infection, and novel antimicrobial strategies.

The journal of the Healthcare Infection Society, covering all aspects of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention and control. Publishes research on nosocomial pathogens, infection control strategies, hand hygiene, decontamination, antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals, surgical site infection, catheter-associated infection, ICU infections, and outbreak management in healthcare settings.

An ASM open-access journal covering all dimensions of microbiology and infectious disease including microbial physiology, microbial ecology, antimicrobial resistance, clinical microbiology, virology, mycology, parasitology, immunology of infection, and translational research. Strong focus on genomics, metagenomics, and computational approaches to microbiology.

An open-access IDSA journal publishing peer-reviewed research across the spectrum of infectious diseases. Covers clinical infectious disease research, antimicrobial treatment, HIV and AIDS, hepatitis, COVID-19, epidemiology of infections, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, immunocompromised patient infections, tropical medicine, and clinical microbiology.

Covers antimicrobial chemotherapy in all its aspects, from laboratory and clinical pharmacology to clinical microbiology and clinical use of antimicrobial agents. Topics include pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals, and antiparasitic agents, mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, clinical microbiology, hospital infection control, and clinical outcome of antimicrobial treatment.

Covers virology, microbiology, pathology, and clinical aspects of infectious diseases in humans. Publishes original research and reviews on bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections, clinical treatment strategies, infection control, antimicrobial therapy, and infection epidemiology. International in scope with a focus on clinical and applied infectious disease science.

The ISAC journal dedicated to global antimicrobial resistance surveillance, epidemiology, and research. Covers global surveillance of resistant pathogens, resistance mechanisms, molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship programs, new antimicrobial compounds, antimicrobial pharmacology, and international data on resistant infections across healthcare settings.

An open-access journal covering all aspects of infectious diseases including tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV, respiratory infections, gastrointestinal infections, sexually transmitted diseases, nosocomial infections, antimicrobial resistance, infection epidemiology, immunology of infection, infectious disease prevention, and infection control.

An MDPI open-access virology journal covering all aspects of viral biology, pathogenesis, and treatment. Scope includes virus structure and replication, viral pathogenesis, antiviral drug development, viral vaccines, viral epidemiology, viral zoonoses, emerging viral diseases, viral diagnostics, and RNA and DNA viruses of medical, veterinary, and environmental significance.

An MDPI open-access journal covering the biology of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic pathogens; pathogen-host interactions; virulence mechanisms; antimicrobial resistance; epidemiology; zoonotic pathogens; tick-borne and vector-borne diseases; emerging pathogens; and infection control. Includes research on diagnostic tools, vaccines, and novel antimicrobial strategies.

Official journal of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID), publishing research on infectious diseases with a global perspective and emphasis on lower-income countries. Covers tropical diseases, antimicrobial resistance, tuberculosis, HIV, emerging infections, disease outbreak epidemiology, infection prevention, vaccination programs, and health system impacts of infectious diseases.

An open-access journal focused on optimal treatment of bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic infections and strategies to minimize development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. Covers clinical management of resistant infections, resistance epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacokinetics, infection guidelines, novel antimicrobial treatments, and antimicrobial resistance surveillance.

Focuses on microbial resistance to antimicrobial agents including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and biocides. Covers mechanisms of resistance, resistance gene transfer, molecular epidemiology of resistant strains, surveillance of resistant pathogens, detection methods for resistance, and strategies to overcome antimicrobial resistance.

Covers fundamental research on the molecular biology and pathogenesis of viruses. Topics include viral RNA and DNA replication, virus-cell interactions, viral gene expression and regulation, viral proteins, virology of plant and animal viruses, viral pathogenesis, viral evolution and phylogenetics, and molecular approaches to antiviral development.

Published by the Microbiology Society, covering all aspects of medical microbiology including pathogenesis of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections, clinical microbiology laboratory methods, antimicrobial susceptibility, mechanisms of resistance, molecular epidemiology, clinical infection management, and diagnostic microbiology.

Publishes original research and expert reviews on all aspects of microbiology with a focus on future developments in infection control, antimicrobial therapy, vaccine development, and diagnostic microbiology. Covers bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, antimicrobial resistance, microbiome research, and emerging topics in clinical and environmental microbiology.

Published by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, covering short original communications on all aspects of microbiology. In the context of infectious disease, covers rapid reporting of findings in bacterial pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance, viral biology, mycology, and the development of new diagnostic and antimicrobial approaches, as well as environmental and applied microbiology.