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| American Journal of Infection Control | |
|---|---|
| Title | American Journal of Infection Control |
| Discipline | Infectious disease prevention |
| Abbreviation | Am. J. Infect. Control |
| Editor | Patricia Stone |
| Publisher | Elsevier on behalf of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology |
| Country | United States |
| History | 1973–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Openaccess | Hybrid |
| Issn | 0196-6553 |
American Journal of Infection Control is a peer-reviewed medical journal focusing on infection prevention, control practices, and epidemiology associated with healthcare-associated infections. The journal publishes original research, reviews, guideline appraisals, and quality improvement reports relevant to hospital epidemiologists, infection control practitioners, nurses, and public health professionals. It serves as a nexus between professional societies, academic centers, clinical laboratories, and policy-making bodies.
The journal functions at the intersection of clinical practice and public health policy, engaging contributors from institutions such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins University, Mayo Clinic, and University of California, San Francisco. Its audience includes members of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, affiliates of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and practitioners from hospitals like Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Mount Sinai Health System. Editorial collaborations and citations often reference reports from National Institutes of Health, American Nurses Association, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and guideline committees convened by bodies such as Infectious Diseases Society of America. The journal interacts with regulatory agencies including Food and Drug Administration and accreditation organizations like The Joint Commission.
Founded in 1973, the journal emerged amid growing attention to nosocomial infections highlighted by landmark investigations at Johns Hopkins Hospital and policy debates in the United States Congress during the 1970s. Early editors were affiliated with academic centers including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the journal evolved alongside the development of infection control programs at institutions such as UCLA Health and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The publication history tracks major public health events, including responses to outbreaks at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigations of Legionnaires' disease, the emergence of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, the Severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak, the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic centered on research from Public Health England and academic centers like Stanford University School of Medicine. Partnerships with publishers such as Elsevier and professional groups including the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology shaped its distribution and policy influence.
Content spans surveillance studies, randomized trials, quasi-experimental designs, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines produced by panels from Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, American College of Surgeons, and specialty groups within American Academy of Pediatrics. Topics cover antimicrobial stewardship programs informed by research at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health, device-associated infection prevention studied in settings like Veterans Health Administration hospitals, and outbreak investigations linked to reports from World Health Organization missions. The journal routinely addresses sterilization and disinfection practices referencing standards from Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and infection control training curricula used at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Yale School of Medicine.
The journal is indexed in major databases and indexing services including MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science. Citation tracking connects its articles with outputs from institutions such as National Library of Medicine and repositories influenced by indexing policies of Clarivate Analytics. Abstracting also supports integration with library catalogs at universities like Princeton University and University of Chicago and informs collection development at systems including Library of Congress.
The editorial board comprises clinicians and scientists from centers including University of Toronto, Imperial College London, University of Melbourne, and University of Washington. The editor-in-chief liaises with professional committees from Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and receives methodological input from statisticians affiliated with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Peer review follows standard models used by journals such as The Lancet and JAMA, employing double-blind and single-blind processes, conflict-of-interest disclosures as guided by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and ethical oversight aligned with statements from Committee on Publication Ethics.
Articles from the journal are cited in clinical guidelines produced by Infectious Diseases Society of America, policy briefs by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and systematic reviews prepared for organizations like Cochrane Collaboration. Its influence is visible in accreditation standards from The Joint Commission and infection control protocols adopted at hospitals such as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. Impact metrics are reported by services including Journal Citation Reports and SCImago Journal Rank, and high-profile articles have shaped discourse in venues like New England Journal of Medicine and BMJ.
Notable contributions include surveillance definitions and reports that informed national reporting systems at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, outbreak analyses that paralleled investigations by World Health Organization, and intervention studies on hand hygiene and personal protective equipment referenced by Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidance. Influential articles have been authored by researchers from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Duke University School of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Karolinska Institutet, contributing to shifts in practice for catheter-associated infection prevention, surgical-site infection bundles endorsed by American College of Surgeons, and pandemic preparedness frameworks cited by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Category:Infectious disease journals