Pathogens and Disease


Pathogens and Disease is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on all pathogens. It was originally established in 1988 as FEMS Microbiology Immunology when it split from FEMS Microbiology Letters. It was renamed FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology in 1993, and obtained its current name in 2013.
The journal is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies. The current editors-in-chief are Wilhelmina Huston, Alfredo Garzino-Demo, and Jorn Coers.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed and abstracted in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.182, ranking it 92nd out of 133 journals in the category "Microbiology"; 124th out of 158 journals in "Immunology"; and 62nd out of 89 journals in "Infectious Diseases".