Journal profile · Infectious Diseases
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
ISSN 1556-6811 · eISSN 1556-679X · American Society for Microbiology · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2006
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology: fully open access; review about 1.5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology ® (CVI) ceased publication with the December 2017 issue. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology is published by American Society for Microbiology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Microbial infections and disease research and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, together about 25% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
First launched as Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (CDLI) in 1994, CVI published articles that enhanced the understanding of the immune response in health and disease and after vaccination by showcasing discoveries in clinical, laboratory, and vaccine immunology. CVI was committed to advancing all aspects of vaccine research and immunization, including discovery of new vaccine antigens and vaccine design, development and evaluation of vaccines in animal models and in humans, characterization of immune responses and mechanisms of vaccine action, controlled challenge studies to assess vaccine efficacy, study of vaccine vectors, adjuvants, and immunomodulators, immune correlates of protection, and clinical trials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Infectious Diseases
Editor-in-chief Marcela PasettiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 11 in mainland China (about 11%); most named United States 48, Mainland China 11, United Kingdom 6, Germany 6, Japan 5 (100 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bacterial Infections and VaccinesImmunology and Microbiology10.7%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology7.9%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine6.3%
- Immunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmunology and Microbiology5.8%
- Virology and Viral DiseasesMedicine5%
- Immune responses and vaccinationsImmunology and Microbiology4.7%
- HIV Research and TreatmentImmunology and Microbiology4.1%
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatmentVeterinary4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Biochemistry | Q2 | 32/115 | 72nd |
| Microbiology (medical) | Q2 | 32/109 | 71st |
| Immunology and Allergy | Q2 | 72/188 | 61st |
| Immunology | Q2 | 90/198 | 54th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEMEDLINECurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Agricola, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Illustrata, Summon
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.88LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 131OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,234OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,840 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3,221 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5,158 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 6,216 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 6,878 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7,335 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 9,009 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Senior Editors Conflict of Interest Policy
Senior Editors provide strategic oversight of the journal’s peer review process, triaging submissions, assigning manuscripts, and in some cases managing peer review directly. Lark L. Coffey (2030)University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USAResearch Interests: RNA viruses, including mosquito-borne viruses, transmission dynamics, evolution, pathogenesis, animal models and vaccine development Kim …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Papers in the areas of vaccine research and clinical and diagnostic immunology are published in ASM's cross-disciplinary, open access journal, mSphere. Model summary
As of January 2018, papers in the areas of vaccine research and clinical and diagnostic immunology are published in ASM's cross-disciplinary, open access journal, mSphere®.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1556-6811
- Electronic ISSN
- 1556-679X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
How long does peer review take at Clinical and Vaccine Immunology?
Authors report an average review time of about 1.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Clinical and Vaccine Immunology based?
Of the 100 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 11 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (48), Mainland China (11) and United Kingdom (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical and Vaccine Immunology?
The journal's website lists SCIE, MEDLINE and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Clinical and Vaccine Immunology open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .