Journal profile
The Journal of Immunology
The Journal of Immunology is published by American Association of Immunologists under ISSN 0022-1767. It holds an h-index of 532 across 107,660 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 0.59, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | American Association of Immunologists |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0022-1767 |
| All ISSNs | 0022-1767, 1550-6606 |
| Indexed works | 107,660 |
| Total citations | 5,165,977 |
| h-index | 532 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 0.59 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Immune Cell Function and Interaction · T-cell and B-cell Immunology · Immunotherapy and Immune Responses · Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research · Immune Response and Inflammation |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Two types of murine helper T cell clone. I. Definition according to profiles of lymphokine activities and secreted proteins.
- Authors
- Timothy R. Mosmann, Holly Cherwinski, M W Bond, Martin Giedlin, Robert L. Coffman
- Year
- 1986
- Volume
- 136
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 2348-2357
IEEE
T. R. Mosmann, H. Cherwinski, M. W. Bond, M. Giedlin, R. L. Coffman "Two types of murine helper T cell clone. I. Definition according to profiles of lymphokine activities and secreted proteins.," The Journal of Immunology, vol. 136, no. 7, pp. 2348-2357, 1986, doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.136.7.2348.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for The Journal of Immunology against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Mosmann, T. R., Cherwinski, H., Bond, M. W., Giedlin, M., & Coffman, R. L. (1986). Two types of murine helper T cell clone. I. Definition according to profiles of lymphokine activities and secreted proteins.. The Journal of Immunology, 136(7), 2348-2357. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.136.7.2348
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{mosmann1986,
author = {Timothy R. Mosmann and Holly Cherwinski and M W Bond and Martin Giedlin and Robert L. Coffman},
title = {Two types of murine helper T cell clone. I. Definition according to profiles of lymphokine activities and secreted proteins.},
journal = {The Journal of Immunology},
volume = {136},
number = {7},
pages = {2348--2357},
year = {1986},
issn = {0022-1767},
doi = {10.4049/jimmunol.136.7.2348}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. The Journal of Immunology records 107,660 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
The Journal of Immunology carries an h-index of 532, which is above 89% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 5,165,977 citations across 107,660 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 0.59.
American Association of Immunologists is the only publisher of this title in the set covered here, so check its own author guidance for reference style.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about The Journal of Immunology
What is the ISSN of The Journal of Immunology?
The linking ISSN is 0022-1767. The journal also carries 1550-6606, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes The Journal of Immunology?
American Association of Immunologists publishes it. Check the journal's own author guidance rather than a general publisher template, because reference style is set per title.
Is The Journal of Immunology open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from The Journal of Immunology in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key mosmann1986 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does The Journal of Immunology use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 2348 to 2357, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is The Journal of Immunology?
Its h-index is 532, above 89% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 5,165,977 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 0.59. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does The Journal of Immunology have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 532 and a two-year mean citedness of 0.59 across 107,660 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.