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Plant-growth promoting microorganisms
Guest Editors
Frederik Bak, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Luz Bashan, PhD, Bashan Institute of Science, USA
Gustavo Santoyo, PhD, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025
Cell biology of infection
Guest Editors
Leslie Chavez-Galan, PhD, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico
Chunfu Zheng, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Submission Status: Open until 15 April 2025
Digitalization in infectious disease control measures
Guest Editors:
Fardad Haghpanah, PhD, One Health Trust, USA
Gary Lin, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA
Submission Status: Open until 28 February 2025
Phage therapy in the age of antimicrobial resistance
Guest Editors:
Vijay Singh Gondil, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA
Neelam Jain, PhD, Amity University Rajasthan, India
Mianzhi Wang, PhD, Yangzhou University, China
Submission Status: Open until 15 January 2025
The impact of gut microbiota on human health
Guest Editors:
Yongbo Kang, PhD, Shanxi Medical University, China
Anand Kumar, DVM, PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Chunlong Mu, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Submission Status: Open until 31 December 2024
Microbial secondary metabolites for plant growth regulation and stress management
Guest Editors:
Rainer Borriss, PhD, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Chetan Keswani, PhD, FLS, FSPR, Southern Federal University, Russia
Estibaliz Sansinenea, PhD, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México
Submission Status: Open until 2 December 2024
Synthetic and systems biology approaches applied to microbial engineering
Guest Editors:
Mingfeng Cao, PhD, Xiamen University, China
Sang Jun Lee, PhD, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Submission Status: Open until 29 November 2024
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Bacterial defense systems
Guest Editors:
Prasanth Manohar: Texas A&M University, USA
Jumei Zeng: Sichuan University, China
Plants and their pathogens
Guest Editors:
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola: North-West University, South Africa
Manoj Kumar Solanki: University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Alok K Srivastava: National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, India
Manoj Kr Tripathi: Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, India
Microbiome dynamics in human diseases
Guest Editors:
Animesh Acharjee: Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Mangesh Suryavanshi: Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Zoonoses and emerging pathogens
Guest Editors:
Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda: Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Faham Khamesipour: Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Krzysztof Skowron: Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Biofilms and its impact on disease
Guest Editors:
Vijay Singh Gondil: University of Rochester, USA
Bindu Sajan: Long Island University, USA
Biocontrol strategies: an eco-smart tool for integrated pest & diseases management
Guest Editors:
Suresh Janardhan Gawande: ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune, India
Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal: Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), India
Ram Krishna: ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India
Soumia P. S.: ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India
Anukool Vaishnav: University of Zurich, Switzerland
Antimicrobial resistance: genes, genomes and emerging technologies
Guest Editors:
Abd El-Latif Hesham: Beni-Suef University, Egypt
Youxiong Que: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Divakar Sharma: Lady Hardinge Medical College, India
Microbiome and cancer - Cross journal collection
Guest editors: Prof. Christopher Staley, Dr. Jacques Ravel and Dr. Sean Devlin.
2019
Cross journal collection
Veterinary antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use
Submission deadline: 30 March 2019
2016
Cross journal collection
Genome engineering tools, methods, and applications
Submission deadline: 31 May 2016
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Journal Impact Factor: 4.0
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.6
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.081
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.999
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