The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy is a peer-reviewed medical journal which covers antimicrobial chemotherapy, including laboratory aspects and clinical use of antimicrobial agents.

It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and was established in 1975.

In January 2015 J. Peter Donnelly (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre) became the eighth editor-in-chief replacing Alan P. Johnson (Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom).

[1] All content is available for free after 12 months while authors also have the option to have their articles published immediately as open access.

[2] The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy was founded by David Williams in 1975, who was also its editor for its first six years.