ABOUT THE JOURNAL

• Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology is published four times a year (quarterly), on the last calendar day of MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER and DECEMBER.
• It is a peer-reviewed and scientific journal.
• Journal publication language is Turkish and English.
• The article evaluation process takes an average of 3 months.
• The first issue of the journal was published in 2016.
• The subject range of peer-reviewed original scientific articles published in the Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology is quite wide.
• Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology is an open access journal covering research in the following areas.

Journal owner is Erkan YULA on behalf of QMEL.

As of 2016, Immunology and Clinical Microbiology Journal has been actively pursuing its mission to strengthen its presence in national and international arenas and enhance its quality. In this journey, as of 2023, the journal has started publishing its articles in DOI format, and it has also embarked on the process to be included in TR DİZİN, in addition to its existing listings in DRJI, ASOS Index, Türk Medline, ResearchBib, Google Scholar, and ACARINDEX indexes.

• Immunology and Clinical Microbiology and General Medicine • Adaptive immune system • Allergy • Antimicrobials and immunity • Antigen-antibody interactions • Autoimmunity • Applied microbiology and biotechnology • Bacterial pathogens and infections • Cancer immunology • Clinical immunology • Diagnosis of infectious pathogens (molecular and conventional) • Diagnosis of infectious pathogens (molecular and conventional) • Immune system • Immunogenetics • Immunopharmacology • Immunotherapy and vaccines • Infection surveillance

• Infections Related to Organ Systems • Infections Related to Organ Systems • New diagnostic methods in microbiology • Pathology (infection, immune system) • Patofizyoloji (enfeksiyon, bağışıklık sistemi) • Parasitic pathogens (Protozoa, Helminth ve Arthropod Vectors) • Pediatric Infections • Rheumatology • Transplantation immunology • Treatment of infectious diseases • Treatment methods affecting the immune system (Traditional and complementary medicine) • Viral pathogens and infections • Other immune system disorders • Other pathogens and infections • Traditional and Complementary Medicine • General Medicine • Medical Nutrition

The full texts of the articles in the journal can be accessed free of charge via the internet and the Dergipark.

Open Access Policy

JICM is an open access journal in which all the content is freely accessible by the user or institution. The authors are not charged by no means in the evaluation and publication of the articles.
Users are permitted to read, download, copy, print, search or link the full text of the articles, or use them for any other legal purpose, without prior permission from the publisher or author.

This journal is in line with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). (https://budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/).
Open Access Address: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jicm

Publication Ethics

Studies submitted to the journal for publication should not have been previously published, accepted or evaluated in a journal as a full-text paper or article.

Studies published abroad can be sent to the journal for evaluation by obtaining written permission from the editor of the published journal. Studies presented in a congress or symposium should be indicated in the cover letter.

All research submitted for publication in the journal must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki, Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, COPE and ICMJE.

The articles should be included in the statement that research and publication ethics are followed.

It should be noted that informed consent was obtained from the participants in the submitted studies. It should also be noted that informed consent was obtained from those who are primarily responsible on behalf of individuals (children, comatose patients, etc.) who are incapable of making a decision.

If any financial support is provided to the research sent, the authors should explain whether there is a relationship of interest with the institutions that provide this support and what kind of relationship it has.

The compliance of the articles with ethical, scientific, legal, etc. rules is the responsibility of the authors.

Submissions of articles that are under evaluation in another journal are not accepted.

The author(s) accept(s) that the article is not submitted for evaluation to another journal at the submission stage, otherwise all responsibility belongs to the author(s). The journal reserves the right to take necessary official actions.

Authors must fill in the "Copyright Transfer" form and upload it to the system during the article submission phase.

Moreover, if the responsible author of the article is informed about technical corrections and author guidelines three times, but the requested corrections are not made, the article is removed from the evaluation process and this issue is forwarded to the author. Authors are given 4 weeks for minor and major reviewer suggestions.

The author(s) are not informed about the issue on which the accepted article will be published.

The order of publication of accepted articles will be according to the order of acceptance.

The final version of the accepted article is sent to the responsible author for approval before it is published as a pdf template.

General Information

• Thank you for viewing the Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology (JICM) as the correct journal for your study.
• Our journal is the world's first peer-reviewed text and video journal in the fields of immunology and microbiology.
• The Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology (JICM) is an international peer-reviewed journal.
• Please note that our journal does not charge publication/processing fees from the Author(s).
• This is a completely free of charge journal for both authors and readers.

JICM Editorial Board