The Current Opinion journals were developed out of the recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up to date
with the expanding volume of information published in their subject. In Current Opinion in Immunology, we help the reader by
providing in a ... click here for full Aims & Scope
The Current Opinion journals were developed out of the recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up to date
with the expanding volume of information published in their subject. In Current Opinion in Immunology, we help the reader by
providing in a systematic manner:
1. The views of experts on current advances in structural biology in a clear and readable form.
2. Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publications.
Division
of the subject into sections
The subject of immunology is divided into themed sections, each of which is reviewed once a year.
The amount of space devoted to each section is related to its importance. • Innate immunity • Antigen processing and presentation • Lymphocyte development • Cancer/Tumor immunology • Lymphocyte activation • Lymphocyte effector functions •
Host-pathogen interactions • Immunological techniques • Immunogenetics • Transplantation • Autoimmuniy • Allergy
and hypersensitivity.
There is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field - in 2004 it will be 'The
immune component of brain disease' and in 2005 'The immunological changes associated with againg'.
Selection of topics to be reviewed
Section Editors, who are major authorities in the field, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into
a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasised. Section
Editors commission reviews from leading researchers on each topic that they have selected.
Reviews
Authors write short
review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasising the aspects that, in their opinion, are most
important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published
in their topic over the previous year.
Editorial Overview
Section Editors write a short overview at the beginning of the
section to introduce the reviews and to draw the reader's attention to any particularly interesting developments.
This successful
format has made Current Opinion in Immunology one of the most highly regarded and highly cited review journals in the field
(ISI Impact factor 2003, 12.1)
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