Immunological Journal is sponsored by the Chinese Society of Immunology and the Third Military Medical University. It was founded in 1985 and is now a monthly journal.
The journal adheres to the purpose of exchanging academic information, conducting academic debates, and prospering the academic field; it serves the purpose of enriching theories, updating knowledge, and accumulating experience for readers of this discipline and related disciplines. The main columns include Progress in Immunology, Expert Forum, Basic Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Technology and Methods, Short Reports, etc.
Since 1989, it has been included as a source journal by more than 10 important databases and retrieval journals at home and abroad, including the American Chemical Abstracts (CA), Russian Abstracts (AJ), Polish Copernicus Index (IC), China Science and Technology Paper Statistical Source Journals (China Science and Technology Core Journals), "China Science Citation Database Source Journals (CSCD)", "China Medical Abstracts • Basic Medicine", "China Biomedical CD Database", "China Academic Journals (CD-ROM Edition)", "China Biological Abstracts", "China Academic Journal Comprehensive Evaluation Database", "Wanfang Database", etc.