Journal "Medical Immunology (Russia)" was established by the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Association of Allergologist and Clinical Immunologist and was registered by the Northwest Regional Directorate of the State Committee for the Press 26.03.1999. (certificate of registration No P 3612), and later re-registered in the Ministry for Press, Broadcasting and Mass Communications of Russia (certificate of registration of mass media PI № 77-15892 from 30.06.2003.). In 1999, the journal received the international registration number ISSN 1563-0625.

The editorial board of the journal includes 16 specialists representing leading scientific centers of the Russia’s North-West region, Moscow and Novosibirsk. Among them, 5 academicians and 4 Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences. Editorial Council is represented by 8 experts from the United States, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Israel, Korea.


Since 2001, according the National Certification Comission (VAC) of the Russian Ministry of Education decision the journal "Medical Immunology" regularly included in the "List of periodic scientific and technical publications issued in Russia, in which the publication of the main results of theses for the degree of Doctor of Science."

Since June 2016 journal "Medical Immunology" is included in the international database Scopus.

Since 2006 the journal "Medical Immunology" is regularly supported by grants from the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the Government of St. Petersburg.

Currently, as of November 2017, according to an analysis of the "Russian Science Citation Index" (RISC) impact factor for the journal "Medical Immunology" was a two-year - 0,907, and five-year - 0,636, the self-citation index is 9,5% (details on the website: www.elibrary.ru)