Journal "Infektsiya i immunitet" ("Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity") established by Northwest Branch of RAMS, St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute and the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists, with the participation of the St. Petersburg branch of All-Russian Practical Society of epidemiologists, microbiologists and parasitologists at St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.
Journal "Infektsiya i immunitet" ("Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity") was registered by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Communications in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, Registration certificate PI number78-00910 TU 24 June 2011, the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) magazine - 2220-7619. Journal quarterly (4 issues per year), the log volume - 12-14 conventional printed sheets (96-112 sheets of A4). From the second half of 2011 opened magazine subscription, which can be issued through post offices.
The editorial board of the journal includes leading Russian microbiologists, virologists and immunologists. Among them are 13 full members and 5 corresponding members of RAS, 19 professors. All published in the journal articles, reviews and lectures are subject to mandatory peer review by members of the editorial board.
Since its inception, the journal began to develop very fast. As a result it is fully meets the criteria for National Certification Comission (VAC)of the Russian Ministry of Education requirements to scientific journals. According the VAC decision №8/13 from 02.03.2012 the journal "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" is included in the "List of the leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications, in which major scientific results of the thesis for the degree of Doctor of Science or Candidate of Science should be published."
In 2012 the journal "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" was supported by grants from the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the Government of St. Petersburg.
Since April 2014 journal "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" is included in the international database Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.
In 2015 "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" was included in the list of national journals recognized as the most popular both in Russia and abroad and located on the Web of Science platform as part of a separate, but fully integrated with the Web of Science platform data base Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).
Since 2017 journal "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" is included in Web of Science Core Collection (indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI))
Since March 2017 journal "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" is included in the international database Scopus.
Currently, as of January 2014, according to an analysis of the "Russian Science Citation Index" (RISC) the two-year impact factor for the journal "Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity" was - – 0,676 while the self-citation index is 8% (details on the website: www.elibrary