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Bacteriophages against multi-drug resistant bacteria

Guest Editors:
Reza Ghotaslou: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Gerald Mboowa: Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia

Submission Status: Open until 15 February 2024

Long-term effects of COVID-19 infections

Guest Editors:
Giulia MarchettiUniversity of Milan, Italy
Maria MazzitelliPadua University Hospital, Italy

Submission Status: Open until 31 December 2023

Respiratory syncytial virus

Guest Editors:
Zhengrong Chen: Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, China
Antonio Piralla: Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Italy
Hassan Zaraket: Roche Products Ltd, United Kingdom 

Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2023

Systematic reviews on infectious diseases

Guest Editors:
Chester Kalinda: University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
Elvis TemfackAfrica Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia

Submission Status: Open until 20 November 2023

Modelling the effects of structural interventions and social enablers on HIV incidence and mortality in sub-Saharan African countries

Guest Editors:
Charles Birungi: UNAIDS, Uganda
Timothy Hallett: Imperial College London, UK
Anne Stangl: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA 

Submission Status: Open until 15 November 2023

Vaccines for infectious diseases: immune mechanisms to vaccine development and clinical implementation

Guest Editors:
Rajib Deb: ICAR-National Research Center on Pig, India
Sandeep Kumar Dhanda: St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
Wen-Qiang He: University of Sydney, Australia

Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2023

Febrile illness – diagnosing and caring for preventable and treatable infectious causes of fever

Guest Editor:
Adrian Gonzalez Lopez: Editor - BMC Infectious Diseases, Germany

Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2023

2021

Article collection

Impact of COVID-19 Health Policies on Other Infectious Diseases 

2020

Thematic series
Antibiotic resistance
Collection published: January 2020

2019

Thematic series
The airborne microbiome - implications for aerosol transmission and infection control
Collection published: August 2019

Cross journal series
Human rights as social and structural drivers of sexually transmitted infections
Collection published: March 2019

2016

Cross journal series
World TB Day 2016
Collection published: 23 March 2016


2015

Thematic series
Integrated modeling and management of poliovirus endgame risks and policies
BMC Infectious Diseases
Collection published: 17 September 2015


Thematic series
Sexually transmitted infection treatment challenges
BMC Infectious Diseases
Collection published: 30 July 2015


Cross journal collection
Every day is Malaria Day
Collection published: 23 April 2015


Cross journal collection
Reviewer acknowledgement 2014
Collection published: 29 January 2015



2014

Thematic series
How to treat severe infections in the ICU
BMC Infectious Diseases
Collection published: 28 November 2014


Cross journal collection
Reviewer acknowledgements 2013
Collection published: 26 February 2014


2013

Cross journal collection
World AIDS Day 2013
Collection published: 21 November 2013


2012

Cross journal collection
World AIDS Day 2012
Collection published: 30 November 2012


Cross journal collection
Open Access Africa: Showcasing African research
Collection published: 5 November 2012



Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact
    3.669 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
    3.714 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
    1.448 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.042 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    Speed
    16 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    42 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

    Usage 
    10,831,430 Downloads (2022)
    28,243 Altmetric mentions (2021)

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