Call for manuscripts – Chronic Inflammation
Submission Deadline: December 16, 2026
Publication Date: March 2027
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (YJBM) will publish an issue devoted to the topic of chronic inflammation. The journal invites authors to submit original research articles, reviews, case reports, or perspectives related to this topic.
Specific subtopics include:
- Post-viral or other infectious antigens
- Autoimmune and genetic drivers
- Brain, gut, and other organ system (e.g. kidney, liver, etc.) inflammatory disorders
- Role of environmental and dietary exposures
- T cell exhaustion and cancer
- Diagnostics, treatment, and management
- Experimental models
- Toxogenic contributors
If you are unsure whether your manuscript matches with the issue topic, please reach out to deputy editors RuthMabel Boytz (ruthmabel.boytz@yale.edu) and Cameron Stockford (cameron.stockford@yale.edu).
YJBM is a PubMed-indexed, open-access journal whose mission is to provide graduate students and medical students with experience in writing, reviewing, and publishing articles. The journal has been in publication since 1928 and is supported by an editorial board made up of both students and faculty members. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed by faculty in the field and there is no publication fee. The YJBM has a Scopus CiteScore of 5.1 for 2024 and an Impact Factor of 3.9 for 2024. The length of the manuscript can vary depending on the article type. You can find guidelines for authors on our website.
YJBM offers double-blind peer review. While YJBM encourages submission of anonymized manuscripts, it also accepts unblinded submissions for single-blind review, where only the reviewer names are kept anonymous.