Journal of Infection Prevention
Community Medicine & Health Care | Infection Prevention & Control | Microbiology (Clinical)
Journal of Infection Prevention is the professional publication of the Infection Prevention Society.
The aim of the journal is to advance the evidence base in infection prevention and control in health and care systems, and to provide a publishing platform for all health professionals interested in this field of practice. Journal of Infection Prevention is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed publication containing a wide range of articles:
Original primary research studies
Qualitative and quantitative studies
Reviews of the evidence on various topics
Practice development project reports
Guidelines for practice
Case studies
Overviews of infectious diseases and their causative organisms
Audit and surveillance studies/projects
Outbreak reports
The journal has a rapidly developing, multi-professional author and readership base, including:
- Infection prevention and control professionals
- Public health and health protection specialists
- Pharmacists with an interest in antimicrobial agents
- Allied health professionals
- Primary care professionals including general practice staff, dental staff and sexual health specialists.
The multi-professional Editorial Board are keen to support new authors and are happy to provide guidance on planning and writing papers for publication. The Editorial Board welcome manuscripts on a range of scientific and practice topics and are keen to support new authors. If you wish to join our panel of peer reviewers or the Editorial Board to help maintain the high quality of our publication, please contact the Editor at jip@ips.uk.net.
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This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The Journal of Infection Prevention is an international journal focusing on research and innovation in infection prevention and control in health and care systems. It aims to advance the evidence base in infection and communicable disease prevention practice. It provides a publishing platform for all health professionals and researchers working in the field.
Article form:
Note: Manuscripts must adhere to the author guidance and be well written using appropriate academic and scientific conventions.
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses/ metasyntheses (PRISMA and ENTREQ or other appropriate reporting guidelines)
- Scoping reviews (PRISMA ScR reporting guidelines)
- Original research studies that focus on health and social care and other contexts/settings e.g., educational establishments, tattoo parlours
- Quality improvement (SQUIRE reporting guidelines) and implementation reports (STArI reporting guidelines)
- Surveillance, epidemiology, risk factor reports for HCAI and other infections including communicable disease (not tropical diseases)
- Outbreak reports (follow ORION reporting guidance)
- Evidence based guidelines for practice
- Short reports
- Evidence based commentary on policy and guidance (International and UK)
Topics that are in scope
- Epidemiology, risks and interventions focused on healthcare-associated infections in health and social care settings e.g., HAP/CAP and VAP; UTI; wound infection, device stewardship
- Infection prevention and control of specific pathogens
- Infection prevention and control strategies related to outbreaks of infection
- The application of infection prevention and control to Public Health including communicable disease
- Governance and assurance in relation to infection prevention systems, processes and practices
- Behavioural interventions to optimise communicable disease and infection prevention practice
- Public and patient involvement and engagement
- Sustainability in relation to IPC processes, practices and equipment
- Antimicrobial stewardship and resistance where it relates to the prevention of infection
- National and International Policy Research in the field of infection
- Workforce development including educational and training and staff development
- Decontamination of medical devices
- Infection and health literacy
- System/ practice change
- Clinical Leadership
- Emergency planning for managing IP during pandemics, major outbreaks, and other significant events
- Health and social care environment including ventilation, water and cleaning
- Infection prevention and the built environment: challenges, processes and assurance.
Topics that are NOT in scope
- Diagnostics and treatment, including pharmaceutical clinical trials
- Veterinary studies
- Evaluation and efficacy of novel vaccines
- Laboratory methods, antibiograms and susceptibility studies unless specifically linked to infection prevention and control
- Communicable disease studies focusing on therapeutic treatment or trials
- Tropical diseases including epidemiological data
- Narrative and unstructured topic reviews
- Product evaluations not linked to practice change
| Professor Heather Loveday | University of West London, UK |
| Dr Jacqui Prieto | University of Southampton, UK |
| Dr. Dona Foster | University of Oxford, UK |
| Ms Judith Potter | Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Trust, UK |
| Dr Lesley Price | Glasgow Caledonian University Scotland, UK |
| Ms Caroline Smales | University of West London, UK |
| Mr Deverick J Anderson | Duke University, USA |
| Dr Michael Borg | Mater Dei Hospital, Malta |
| Dr Eimear Brannigan | Imperial College, UK |
| Dr Andre Charlett | Public Health England, UK |
| Tracey Cooper | Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, UK |
| Dr Evonne Curran | Health Protection Scotland, UK |
| Dr Judith Dyson | University of Hull, UK |
| Ms Carole Fry | Public Health England, UK |
| Ms Tracey Gauci | Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University, UK |
| Professor Dinah Gould | Cardiff University, UK |
| Mr Peter Hoffman | Public Health England, UK |
| Mr Martin Kiernan | University of West London, UK |
| Dr Outi Lyytikainen | Hospital Infection Program, Finland |
| Professor Shaheen Mehtar | University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Dr Maria Luisa Moro | Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Dr Tyrone Pitt | NHS Blood & Transplant, UK |
| Professor Jacqui Reilly | Health Protection Scotland, UK |
| Dr Claire Rickard | Griffith University, Australia |
| Professor Thomas V Riley | Edith Cowan University and Murdoch University, Australia |
| Dr Julie Robotham | Public Health England, UK |
| Dr Philip Russo | Deakin University, Australia |
| Professor Sanjay Saint | VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan Medical School, USA |
| Professor Hugo Sax | University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
| Professor Patricia Stone | California Hospital Medical Center, USA |
| Ms Julie Storr | IPC Consultant, UK |
| Professor Charles Vincent | University of Oxford, UK |
| Dr Jan Westbury | University of Southampton, UK |
| Dr Michael Whitby | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Dr Neil Wigglesworth | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
| Dr Saber Yezli | Global Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine, Saudi Arabia |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.