In this new Editorial, BMC Infectious Diseases Senior Editorial Board Member Dr Julian Tang discusses the confusing messaging and decision making made by governments during the pandemic, with a particular focus on face masks and how they can help in the future.
Find a selection of articles published across Springer Nature, as well as additional commentary and books relevant to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.
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BMC Infectious Diseases is pleased to announce the Antimicrobial Resistance special issue. This series includes a diverse range of AMR studies from around the globe, investigating the detection and surveillance of AMR, from the lab bench to hospital bed.
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In celebration of World Environment Day on the 5th June, the BMC Series presents a focus issue on Water and Sanitation. We have collated open-access content from across our journals to highlight research into clean water, investigating links between water and health and our overall relationship with water.
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With Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the BMC Series presents a focus issue on ‘Understanding Mental Health’. We have brought together content to highlight research into understanding and improving mental health.
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for their discovery of Hepatitis C virus. In celebration of what they started and showcasing areas of research that have since emerged, we here present a collection of articles from the BMC Biology, BMC Medicine, Genome Medicine and the BMC Series Journals on biology, diagnosis and treatment and wider public health and medical outcomes of the Hepatitis C virus and its infection.
Speed
78 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
49 days to first decision for all manuscripts
184 days from submission to acceptance
14 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
2.688 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.96 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.331 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.392 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
5,251,510 Downloads
4,959 Altmetric Mentions
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