Established in 1981, Current Immunology, originally Shanghai Journal of Immunology, is the first journal in China specialized in immunology. The first Editor-in-Chief Dr. He Yu is a renowned immunologist and microbiologist graduated from Harvard University and the founding Director of Shanghai Institute of Immunology. Current Immunology is a peer-reviewed journal published bimonthly and co-sponsored by Shanghai Society for Immunology and Shanghai Institute of Immunology. The journal is also supervised by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.
Up to now, Current Immunology has published more than 6 000 articles with overall downloads and citations of 730 995 and 29 555, respectively. The complex impact factor of the journal is 0.859 and the aggregate impact factor 0.747. Current Immunology is indexed by Chinese literature databases such as Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), A Guide to the Core Journals of China (Peking University Library), China Natural Science Core Journals, China Biomedicine Core Journals, and China Basic Medicine Core Journals. In addition, the overall hits of transnational articles and SCI percentage of third-party exhibiting websites in TrendMD database (a well-known international academic spreading tool) reach 2 410, with 72.34% from the United States and amounts to 70.94%, with the relevant science journal average of 50%, making Current Immunology influential to experts worldwide.