The Journal of Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed biweekly medical journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. It covers research on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases, on the microbes that cause them, and on immune system disorders. Cynthia Sears, an expert on gut infections, was appointed editor-in-chief in 2023. The journal was established in 1904 and was a quarterly until 1969 when it became a monthly. In 2001, it began biweekly publication. From 1904 to 2011, the journal was published by the University of Chicago Press.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Academic OneFile • Academic Search • BIOSIS Previews • CAB Abstracts • Chemical Abstracts • CINAHL • Current Contents/Clinical Medicine • Elsevier Biobase • Embase • Global Health • Current Contents/Life Sciences • Index Medicus/MEDLINE/Pub Med • Science Citation Index • Scopus • Tropical Diseases Bulletin According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.226.

Past editors-in-chief

For volumes 1 through 226, the editors-in-chief were: