ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY AAC (ISSN: 0066-4804)

Description

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) features interdisciplinary studies that build our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and therapeutic applications of antimicrobial and antiparasitic agents and chemotherapy. The journal also publishes studies involving animal models, pharmacological characterization, and clinical trials. Complementing the journal’s full-length research articles, minireviews quickly bring readers up to date with the state of the science in fast-moving areas of research, making it a key resource for microbiologists, pharmaceutical researchers, biochemists, pharmacologists, clinicians, and other infectious disease practitioners.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) features:

Commentaries
Minireviews
Recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approvals
Editorials
The scope of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy covers:

Chemistry; Biosynthesis
Mechanisms of Action: Physiological Effects
Mechanisms of Resistance
Susceptibility
Biologic Response Modifiers
Analytical Procedures
Antiviral Agents
Experimental Therapeutics
Clinical Therapeutics
Pharmacology
Monthly, with 5,200 allocated pages in 2011. Print ISSN: 0066-4804. Online ISSN: 1098-6596.

AAC has an Impact Factor of 4.802 and an Eigenfactor score of 0.101 according to the 2009 Journal Citation Reports. It is the #1 cited journal in Pharmacology & Pharmacy, and the #4 cited journal in Microbiology with more than 41,000 citations as reported in the 2009 Journal Citation Reports. AAC is also the #1 journal in Pharmacology & Pharmacy and #7 journal in Microbiology ranked by Eigenfactor score.

AAC is ranked #16 by Impact Factor out of 94 journals in the Microbiology category as well as #24 out of 236 journals in the Pharmacology & Pharmacy category.

Indexed/Abstracted in: Agricola, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Current Contents- Life Sciences, EMBASE, Illustrata, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Summon, and more.