Allergy (journal)


Allergy is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the field of allergy and immunology, that is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology. It publishes both original articles and reviews. The editor-in-chief is Cezmi Akdis. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 6.771.

History

Allergy was founded by Ernst B. Salén as Acta Allergologica and was first published by Einer Munksgard in 1948. Salén was also the original editor-in-chief, however Egon Bruun also helped in the early years. Other editors-in-chief have been Gunnar Bendixen, Gunnar S. Johansson, Jean Bousquet, Thomas Bieber and Hans-Uwe Simon, and the current editor-in-chief Cezmi Akdis.