Journal of Infection Prevention

The Journal of Infection Prevention is an international journal focusing on research and innovation in infection prevention and control primarily in healthcare settings. It aims to advance the evidence base in infection prevention practice and to serve as a platform for high quality translational research including the following topics:

• The application of infection prevention and control to Public Health including communicable disease related to One Health areas
• Advances in biological, chemical and physical strategies to combat outbreaks of infection
• Infection prevention and control strategies related to outbreaks of infection
• Infection prevention and control strategies related to biofilms
• Infection prevention and control strategies related to multiple drug resistant organisms and controlling antimicrobial resistance
• Decontamination of medical devices
• Infection prevention and the built environment: challenges, processes and assurance. 
• Antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) where it relates to the prevention of infection
• Epidemiology, risks and interventions focused on healthcare-associated infections in health and social care settings
• National and international policy research in the field of infection prevention and control
• Emergency planning for managing infection prevention during pandemics, major outbreaks, and other significant events
• Governance and assurance in relation to infection prevention systems, processes and practices
• Behavioural interventions to optimise communicable disease and infection prevention practice
• Sustainability in relation to infection prevention and control processes, practices and equipment

JIP is the official publication of the Infection Prevention Society

Topics that are NOT in scope

• Diagnostics and treatment, including pharmaceutical clinical trials
• Veterinary studies not related to One Health approach and infection prevention and control
• 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
• Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of novel antimicrobials
• Isolation, purification and antimicrobial evaluation of natural products

Article form:

Manuscripts must adhere to the author guidance and be well written using appropriate academic and scientific conventions.

• Reviews pertinent to infection prevention and control practices, environment and systems.
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses/ metasyntheses (PRISMA and ENTREQ or other appropriate reporting guidelines)
• Scoping reviews (PRISMA ScR reporting guidelines)
• Original research studies

The editors may consider other formats such as Letters to the editors, commentaries, and guidelines when these are pertinent to the advancement of the field of infection prevention and control. The author will need to contact the editor to discuss article format prior to submission.