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Journal of Autoimmunity

peer-reviewed scientific journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 14, 2023
Entity authorityQ15716783 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Journal of Autoimmunity is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on all aspects of autoimmunity. It was established in 1988 and is published 8 times per year by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief are Yehuda Shoenfeld (Sheba Medical Center) and M. Eric Gershwin (University of California, Davis). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 14.551.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Journal of Autoimmunity” as peer-reviewed scientific journal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Journal, Autoimmunity and peer-reviewed can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as peer-reviewed scientific journal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q15716783. 7 of 7 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 2021.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Journal of Autoimmunity”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Journal of Autoimmunity primary sources, Journal of Autoimmunity archive and Journal research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. Is the terminology current, historical or disputed?
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This entry incorporates text from “Journal of Autoimmunity” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.