Infection and Drug Resistance

Infection and Drug Resistance is an international open access journal published by Dove Medical Press that focuses on the optimal treatment of infection and on strategies to curb antimicrobial resistance, founded in 2008, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.2（Infection and Drug Resistance）是由（Dove Medical Press）出版的国际化开放获取期刊，聚焦感染的最佳治疗与遏制耐药传播的策略，2008 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 3.2。

Scope

• It centres on the optimal treatment of bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections该刊聚焦细菌、真菌、病毒与寄生虫感染的最佳治疗。
• It covers the development and institution of preventive strategies to limit the spread of resistance该刊涵盖遏制耐药传播的预防策略的制定与实施。
• The journal is concerned with the epidemiology of antibiotic resistance and the mechanisms by which resistance develops and diffuses该刊关注抗生素耐药的流行病学，以及耐药形成与扩散的机制。
• Both hospital and community settings fall within its remit医院与社区环境均在其关注范围之内。
• It publishes rapid, high-quality original research, reviews, guidelines, expert opinions, commentary and clinical studies该刊快速发表高质量的原创研究、综述、指南、专家意见、评论与临床研究。

History

• Infection and Drug Resistance was launched in 2008 by Dove Medical Press（Infection and Drug Resistance）由（Dove Medical Press）于 2008 年创办。
• Dove Medical Press was founded in 2003 and is now part of the Taylor and Francis Group（Dove Medical Press）创立于 2003 年，现隶属于（Taylor and Francis Group）。
• The journal is published online only and follows a continuous publication model, with articles released as soon as they are accepted该刊仅在线出版，采用连续出版模式，文章一经接收即行发布。
• It is a fully open access journal and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics该刊为完全开放获取期刊，是（Committee on Publication Ethics）的成员。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Oliver Planz of the Institute of Immunology at the University of Tübingen in Germany现任主编为（University of Tübingen）免疫学研究所的 Oliver Planz。
• He specialises in the translational immunology of infection and in viral immunology他专长于感染的转化免疫学与病毒免疫学。
• The board is international, with associate editors-in-chief supporting the journal's broad remit编委会具有国际性，并设有多位副主编支持该刊广泛的收稿领域。
• Manuscripts are managed online and receive rapid peer review, and the journal subscribes to COPE principles稿件在线管理并经快速同行评审，该刊遵循（COPE）准则。