Annual Review of Immunology

The Annual Review of Immunology is an annual review journal published by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit academic publisher founded by scientists in 1932, launched in 1983 and focused on basic immune mechanisms and the molecular basis of immune diseases in humans, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 39.8《免疫学年度评论》（Annual Review of Immunology）是由非营利学术出版机构（Annual Reviews）出版的年度综述期刊，1983 年创刊，聚焦免疫学基本机制与人类免疫疾病的分子基础，2025 年影响因子为 39.8。

Scope

• It focuses on basic immune mechanisms and the molecular basis of immune diseases in humans该刊聚焦免疫学基本机制与人类免疫疾病的分子基础。
• Its topics include innate and adaptive immunity其主题涵盖固有免疫与适应性免疫。^[1]
• Its topics include immune cell development and differentiation其主题涵盖免疫细胞的发育与分化。^[2]
• Its topics include immune control of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, and immune control of cancer其主题涵盖对病毒、细菌、寄生虫等病原体以及对肿瘤的免疫控制。
• Its topics include human immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases其主题涵盖人类免疫缺陷与自身免疫性疾病。
• Articles are written as broad, integrating reviews intended to be useful to specialists, scholars from other fields, teachers and students alike文章以综合性、整合性综述形式撰写，力求对专业学者、跨领域学者、教师与学生皆有价值。
• Like other Annual Reviews titles, the journal commissions its reviews and does not accept unsolicited submissions与（Annual Reviews）旗下其他期刊一致，该刊的综述以约稿方式组织，不接受自由投稿。

History

• It was launched in 1983, with its first volume appearing that year and a preface by the founding editor William E. Paul该刊于 1983 年创刊，首卷同年出版，由创刊主编 William E. Paul 撰写卷首序言。^[3]
• It is published by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher founded by scientists in 1932 and based in Palo Alto, California该刊由（Annual Reviews）出版，这家非营利出版机构由科学家于 1932 年创办，总部位于美国加州帕洛阿尔托。
• In the 1980s the editor William E. Paul was joined by the associate editors C. Garrison Fathman and Henry Metzger20 世纪 80 年代，主编 William E. Paul 与副编辑 C. Garrison Fathman、Henry Metzger 共同办刊。
• Dan R. Littman and Wayne M. Yokoyama later served as co-editors, and Wayne M. Yokoyama is the current EditorDan R. Littman 与 Wayne M. Yokoyama 其后担任共同主编，Wayne M. Yokoyama 为现任主编。
• It publishes one volume per year, and the most recent volume is Volume 44 for 2026该刊每年出版一卷，最近一卷为 2026 年第 44 卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor has risen from 28.527 in 2021 to 32.481 in 2022, 33.3 in 2024 and 39.8 in 2025, ranking second among 183 immunology journals其期刊影响因子由 2021 年的 28.527 升至 2022 年的 32.481、2024 年的 33.3 与 2025 年的 39.8，在 183 种免疫学期刊中排名第二。
• Since 2023 Annual Reviews has published its journals open access through the Subscribe to Open program自 2023 年起，（Annual Reviews）通过（Subscribe to Open）计划以开放获取方式出版旗下期刊。

Editors

• The Editor is Wayne M. Yokoyama, a professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, whose research concerns natural killer cells, innate lymphoid cells and autoimmunity现任主编为 Wayne M. Yokoyama，他是（Washington University School of Medicine）风湿病学部的医学教授，研究方向为自然杀伤细胞、固有淋巴样细胞与自身免疫。
• Kristin A. Hogquist of the University of Minnesota and John J. O'Shea of Bethesda, Maryland serve as Associate Editors副编辑为（University of Minnesota）的 Kristin A. Hogquist 与马里兰州贝塞斯达的 John J. O'Shea。
• The Editorial Committee also includes Avery August of Cornell University, Gabrielle Belz of the University of Queensland and Chen Dong of Shanghai Jiao Tong University编委会成员还包括（Cornell University）的 Avery August、（University of Queensland）的 Gabrielle Belz 与（Shanghai Jiao Tong University）的 Chen Dong。
• Further members are Donna L. Farber of Columbia University, Katherine A. Fitzgerald of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Tomohiro Kurosaki of Okayama University and Jenny P.Y. Ting of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill其他成员包括（Columbia University）的 Donna L. Farber、（University of Massachusetts Medical School）的 Katherine A. Fitzgerald、（Okayama University）的 Tomohiro Kurosaki 与（University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill）的 Jenny P.Y. Ting。
• Appointments other than guest members serve five-year terms and are approved by the Annual Reviews Board of Directors, while guest members participate for one year at the invitation of the editors除客座成员外，编委任期均为五年，由（Annual Reviews）董事会批准；客座成员经主编邀请参与一年。
• Experienced researchers are invited by the Editorial Committee to write reviews, and an invitation is not transferable资深研究者由编委会邀请撰写综述，邀请不可转授。
• Each submitted article is reviewed by one or more Editorial Committee members and, where additional expert input is required, by an external reviewer chosen by the Committee每篇来稿由一位或多位编委会成员评审，若需额外专家意见，则由编委会选定的外部评审人评审。