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• http://www.nature.com/ja
• Editor: Satoshi Omura
• Volume 62: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 0021-8820
• EISSN: 1881-1469
• Impact factor : 1.272*
• Impact ranking: 100/144 in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology; 105/121 in Immunology; 74/91 in Microbiology; 163/216 in Pharmacology and Pharmacy*
• Date Established: 1946
• Published on behalf of: Japan Antibiotics Research Association

Aims and Scope: The Journal of Antibiotics seeks to promote research on antibiotics and related types of substances. The journal will accept biochemical, chemical, microbiological and pharmacological studies. Contributions regarding recently discovered antibiotics and biologically active microbial products are particularly encouraged.

Readership: The Journal of Antibiotics appeals to researchers of microbiology, biochemistry, chemistry and pharmacology.

Online features and site license access:

• Online archive from January 2005 to current issue will be available on www.nature.com in 2009. Online archive from 1968 to 2004 will be available on www.antibiotics.or.jp in 2009.
• A site license provides access to all content published during the supply period. Access is granted to a further rolling four-year archive during the supply period. Archive content is freely available after 5 years.
• Indexed in: PubMed, ChemPort, JDream II, BIOSIS, ISI and Current Contents/ Life Sciences.

*2008 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2009)