期刊名称 clinical immunology
期刊缩写 CLIN IMMUNOL
学科分类 医学、生命科学、化学
出版周期 月刊
审稿速度 1个月 （平均）
投稿命中率 25 % （均值)
期刊主页 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/clinical-immunology
ISSN 号 (printed): 1521-6616 (electronic): 1090-2341
IF 趋势 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
3.217 3.606 3.551 3.606 3.863 3.932 4.046 3.771
被收录情况 1. Science Citation Index
2. Science Citation Index Expanded
3. Current Contents - Clinical Medicine
4. Current Contents - Life Sciences
5. BIOSIS Previews
PubSci评语 临床免疫学会联合会（FOCIS）的正式刊物，五年影响因子3.648。重点关注免疫性疾病领域。审稿速度很快，提供Open Access论文发表服务，需额外缴费。
期刊简介 CLIN IMMUNOL是临床免疫学会联合会（FOCIS）的正式刊物，主要发表免疫性疾病在分子和细胞水平的研究文章。涵盖如下研究领域：老龄化、过敏、自身免疫、生物技术、临床实验室免疫、艾滋病病毒、免疫血液学、免疫毒理学/环境、感染与免疫、粘膜免疫、神经免疫学、初级免疫缺陷、移植、肿瘤免疫学、疫苗。
投稿注意事项 特别提醒：在线发表的彩图不收费，印刷形式发表的需要计费。以Open Access形式发表文章，需要交纳出版费3000美元；以Subscription形式发表的文章不需交纳此项费用。
一般注意事项：
Clinical Immunology is an international medium devoted to publication of original investigations of the molecular and cellular basis of immunological diseases.
Types of Articles
Original Articles. The chief criteria for acceptance of papers submitted for publication are the originality, clarity, and quality of the work reported. In preparing an article for submission to Clinical Immunology, please be as concise as possible. Data should be presented clearly and without repetition. Where possible, refer to previously published material rather than including lengthy descriptions in the Materials and Methods section, combine tables or illustrations, and avoid repetition in the Introduction and Discussion sections.
Reviews of 20 manuscript pages (double spaced or less, exclusive of references) are published monthly. Generally a maximum total of 4 figures/tables are included. Typically, they deal analytically with recent developments in basic, translational, and clinical interventional immunology of immediate interest to a broad range of clinical immunologists. Contributors are encouraged to contact Dr. George Tsokos, the Editor-in-Chief, gtsokos@gmail.com, before undertaking a review in order to determine its suitability.
Symposia-in-Writing. Periodically, the journal publishes a collection of brief state-of-the-art essays based on a single topic, accompanied by an introduction by the symposium's moderator. Potential moderators should contact the Editor-in-Chief or one of the Associate Editors.
Brief articles describing and evaluating animal models of immune-mediated diseases of humans are published occasionally. Contributors should contact Dr. George Tsokos, Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, CLS-937, Boston, MA 02115, gtsokos@gmail.com
Rapid Communications (of no more than 3000 words and two tables and/or figures) will be considered for publication on an accelerated schedule. This category is NOT simply a place for short manuscripts but is reserved for papers that the authors feel will have unusually high impact and should be disseminated as soon as possible. The reasons for requesting a paper be considered as a Rapid Communication should be made clear in the cover letter. Rapid Communications will receive an expedited review, and reviewers will be requested to indicate only their recommendation for or against acceptance for publication, and the major reasons for this. Authors will be notified of their acceptability as early as possible. Once in production Rapid Communications will always be placed in the first available issue.
Brief Communication (of no more than 3000 words and two tables and/or figures) will be considered for publication. This category is a place for short manuscripts that have important and generally conclusionary data on a specific issue.
Letters to the Editor will be considered if they relate to articles published in the journal. They should be limited to 1000 words, contain no more than one figure or table, and should have no more than 10 citations.
Editorials and Meeting Reports are published occasionally if they are directly relevant to the themes of the journal.
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Submit your article
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Referees
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Use of word processing software
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To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor.
Article structure
Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
Introduction
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Material and methods
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Theory/calculation
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Results
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Discussion
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Conclusions
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Appendices
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Essential title page information
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• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Abstract
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Graphical abstract
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Highlights
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Keywords
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Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
Acknowledgements
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Units
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Database linking
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Math formulae
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Footnotes
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Table footnotes
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Artwork
Electronic artwork
General points
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
• Embed the used fonts if the application provides that option.
• Aim to use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, Symbol, or use fonts that look similar.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
• Size the illustrations close to the desired dimensions of the printed version.
• Submit each illustration as a separate file.
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website:
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Formats
If your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) then please supply 'as is' in the native document format.
Regardless of the application used other than Microsoft Office, when your electronic artwork is finalized, please 'Save as' or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):
EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings, embed all used fonts.
TIFF (or JPEG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones), keep to a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF (or JPEG): Bitmapped (pure black & white pixels) line drawings, keep to a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF (or JPEG): Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale), keep to a minimum of 500 dpi.
Please do not:
• Supply files that are optimized for screen use (e.g., GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); these typically have a low number of pixels and limited set of colors;
• Supply files that are too low in resolution;
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Color artwork
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF (or JPEG), EPS (or PDF), or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. For color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for color: in print or on the Web only. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting color figures to 'gray scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for color in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
Illustration services
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Figure captions
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Tables
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
References
Citation in text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Reference links
Increased discoverability of research and high quality peer review are ensured by online links to the sources cited. In order to allow us to create links to abstracting and indexing services, such as Scopus, CrossRef and PubMed, please ensure that data provided in the references are correct. Please note that incorrect surnames, journal/book titles, publication year and pagination may prevent link creation. When copying references, please be careful as they may already contain errors. Use of the DOI is encouraged.
Web references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
References in a special issue
Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and any citations in the text) to other articles in the same Special Issue.
Reference formatting
There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article by Elsevier at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to correct. If you do wish to format the references yourself they should be arranged according to the following examples:
Reference style
Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
Example: '..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ....'
List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2010) 51–59.
Reference to a book:
[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, fourth ed., Longman, New York, 2000.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp. 281–304.
Journal abbreviations source
Journal names should be abbreviated according to the
List of title word abbreviations: http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php.
Video data
Elsevier accepts video material and animation sequences to support and enhance your scientific research. Authors who have video or animation files that they wish to submit with their article are strongly encouraged to include links to these within the body of the article. This can be done in the same way as a figure or table by referring to the video or animation content and noting in the body text where it should be placed. All submitted files should be properly labeled so that they directly relate to the video file's content. In order to ensure that your video or animation material is directly usable, please provide the files in one of our recommended file formats with a preferred maximum size of 50 MB. Video and animation files supplied will be published online in the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com. Please supply 'stills' with your files: you can choose any frame from the video or animation or make a separate image. These will be used instead of standard icons and will personalize the link to your video data. For more detailed instructions please visit our video instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. Note: since video and animation cannot be embedded in the print version of the journal, please provide text for both the electronic and the print version for the portions of the article that refer to this content.
AudioSlides
The journal encourages authors to create an AudioSlides presentation with their published article. AudioSlides are brief, webinar-style presentations that are shown next to the online article on ScienceDirect. This gives authors the opportunity to summarize their research in their own words and to help readers understand what the paper is about. More information and examples are available at http://www.elsevier.com/audioslides. Authors of this journal will automatically receive an invitation e-mail to create an AudioSlides presentation after acceptance of their paper.
Supplementary data
Elsevier accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect:http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please provide the data in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Submission checklist
The following list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Phone numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:
• Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked'
• References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web)
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Use of the Digital Object Identifier
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. Example of a correctly given DOI (in URL format; here an article in the journal
