Instructions for Authors

Online Submissions

JMID accepts online submissions; those wishing to submit a manuscript must register on our website. Please click here to register or to log in as an author.

The corresponding author must register to submit a manuscript and check the status of submitted items. If the manuscript is incomplete, it will be sent back to the author for completion.

Overview of the publication and peer review processes

JMID aims to help all authors have an easy and efficient editorial process. Therefore, it is journal policy that our editorial team will evaluate all submitted items. First, the editorial team will evaluate the manuscript to decide whether it is ready for peer review. If it is ready for peer review, the manuscript will be assigned to one of our section editors, all of whom are experts in their fields.

Then the manuscript will be sent to three reviewers who are experts in the field of study relevant to the manuscript. They will evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically well-designed and intelligible and whether the quality of writing is acceptable. The editorial team will decide whether or not to accept the submission based on the reviewers' recommendations. When a final decision is made, a decision letter will be sent to the corresponding author. Possible final decisions include:

· Acceptance without revision

· Acceptance with minor revisions

· Re-assessment after a major revision

· Declined

The authors will be informed if there are issues with the manuscript's formatting or the language quality. The authors will also be informed about how to get assistance to correct these issues.

Related Topics

According to the Uniform Requirements, all manuscripts should be prepared for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/). Manuscripts must only be submitted to the Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; they may not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All of the authors should sign a copyright transfer statement, and this document should accompany each submission.

Ethical Approval

All manuscripts submitted for publication should contain a declaration specifying that all prospective human studies have been approved by the Ethics Committee. The study should be performed following the ethical standards of the 2008 Declaration of Helsinki. In addition, the declaration should include a statement acknowledging that all participants gave informed consent before they participated in the study. If a study involves animals, it must have been approved by the animal ethics committee and performed according to the care and use of laboratory animals' standards. A statement regarding these ethical issues should be included in the Method Section of the manuscript. This statement must include the name of the ethics approval body and the approval date.

Copyright agreement

After acceptance for publication, all submitted materials become the possession of the Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Upon acceptance, the authors should provide a signed copyright transfer agreement that can be uploaded via the journal submission system or emailed to the publication office as a PDF. The journal upholds the copyright. Any of the materials published in the Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases may be copied, replicated, or published elsewhere without the written permission of the journal.

When a manuscript is submitted to the journal, it must not be under review by any other journal or already accepted/published in any other journal or periodical. The JMID assumes that a submitted manuscript has been read and its content agreed to by all authors. All authors take responsibility for their reported findings.

Research manuscripts sponsored by pharmaceutical companies or commercial organizations should follow the Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies. In addition, the authors and sponsors are responsible for designing the study and reporting the results according to the ethical standards for industry-sponsored clinical trials and research.

JMID strongly suggests that authors follow the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations for all types of publications and medical reports. These publications could include clinical trials/randomized controlled studies, reports of biomedical research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses of observational studies, qualitative studies, and diagnostic accuracy studies.

The authorship should be based on the ICMJE recommendations (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html). The author(s) should mention those with other support and involvement in the preparation of the manuscript as well as financial support in the Acknowledgement section.

Submission Process

JMID aims to publish submissions worldwide, but all manuscripts must be written in American English. During the submission process, the manuscript should be assigned to the appropriate submission type.

Before submission, the corresponding author must register for a JMID account via the JMID website. The corresponding author will be responsible for all submission and revision procedures. When submitting a manuscript to JMID, the author must accept all of the terms and conditions of the journal publication.

Cover Letter

All manuscripts submitted to JMID must include a cover letter declaring that the manuscript has not been submitted (currently not under review) or accepted for publication elsewhere. In addition, this letter must state that all authors have made a remarkable contribution to the work and have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Potential Reviewers

The corresponding author should provide the names, email addresses, work institution, and area of expertise for two potential reviewers. These reviewers should be qualified to review the manuscript. 

Manuscript preparation

Organization of the Manuscript

Articles should be typed double spaced using twelve-point Times New Roman font.

Research articles, Clinical Trials, and Brief Reports should be organized in the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, References, Figures, Figure Legends, Tables & captions, Authors contributions.

The text for Brief Reports should not exceed 2000 words, and the number of references, tables, and figures should be kept to a minimum.

Case reports should describe case diagnosis, investigations, or treatments of exceptional interest, highlighting novel and significant findings. They should include a maximum of two figures and two tables. 

Clinical Images should describe an interesting case using one or more images (up to six). The authors should explain the case/images with a short text. The text must be 250 words or less.

Reviews: These summarize developments in areas related to infection that are of broad interest to the journal's target audience. These are usually invited, but authors identifying a need and wishing to submit a review article are welcome to contact the Editorial office. Authors are advised to contact the Editorial Office before the commencement of writing to ensure that a similar topic has not already been commissioned to another reviewer.

Manuscripts should be arranged in the following order; Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figure Legends, Figures. All of these sections should run consecutively. The use of subheads is encouraged.

"Article File" should include manuscript entitle, Abstract(s), Key Words, Main Text, References, Tables, and Figure legends. Figures, pictures, or color Graphics should be submitted in JPG (or JPEG) format as separate files with different file names for each picture or figure. Please do not submit pictures and figures as embedded in the Word document file. 

"Title Page": The title page should contain the Manuscript Title, Running Title, full names and affiliations of all authors, and complete contact information (including address, phone number, fax number, email) of the corresponding author.

Structured Abstract: The Abstract should be written in a way that readers can easily understand the objective of the investigation and the results achieved. The Abstract should not exceed 350 words. Abstract should be on a separate page immediately after the title page. Following the abstract, you should provide a maximum of 5 key words in alphabetical order. 

With the exception of Review Articles, any manuscript submitted for possible publication must include a Structured Abstract as follows:

Keywords: Up to five keywords should be supplied following the abstract. The keywords should reflect the article's central topic and be incompatible with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MeSHonDemand.html).

References: 

1. In the text, a reference should be identified by an author‘s name followed by the year of publication. When there are more than two authors; only the first author’s name should be mentioned, followed by ‘et al’. In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by lower case letters like ’a‘ and ’b‘ after the date to distinguish various works from the same author. Examples: Ahmed (2000), Wang et al. (2003), (Sparrow, 2010), (Skinner and Laidlaw, 2004), (Chege, 1998; Chukwura, 1987a,b; Tijani, 1993, 1995), (Kaiser et al., 2001). There is no limit to the number of references but only the most pertinent references should be used. The entire list of references should be given at the end of text in this order: (a) author or authors (b) year of publication (c) title of article (d) abbreviated name of the Journal (e) volume (f) page/s. References should be numbered in alphabetical order. Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy of the references. See below for examples:

• Journal Articles: Chin, J.C., Dai, Y. and Watts, J.E. 1995. Antibody response against Pseudomonas aeruginosa membrane proteins in experimentally infected sheep. Vet. Microbiol. 43, 21-32.
• A Book: Durbin, R., Eddy, S.R., Krogh, A. and Mitchison, G. 1999. Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Cambridge University Press. 
• A Chapter in a Book: Leach, J. 1993. Impacts of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on water quality and fish spawning reefs of Western Lake Erie. In Zebra mussels: biology, impacts and control, Eds., Nalepa, T. and D. Schloesser. Ann Arbor, MI: Lewis Publishers, pp: 381-397. 
• Conference Proceedings: Stock, A. 2004. Signal Transduction in Bacteria. In the Proceedings of the 2004 Markey Scholars Conference, pp: 80-89.  
• A Thesis: Strunk, J.L. 1991. The extraction of mercury from sediment and the geochemical partitioning of mercury in sediments from Lake Superior, M. S. thesis, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI.
• Work accepted for publication but not yet published should be referred to as "in press".
• References concerning unpublished data and "personal communications" should not be cited in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text.

Tables and illustrations: Tables must be self-explanatory and must not duplicate information in the text. Each table must have a title and should be numbered in order of appearance in the text. In addition, any symbol and abbreviations used in the table body must be defined in a footnote to the table.

Cover File should include manuscript entitle, name of Authors, the affiliation of authors, Conflict of interest statement, correspondent Author and correspondence address, phone, fax, and Email addresses. In addition, the manuscript file should include Abstract, Main text, References, and Tables. Pictures (JPG files) and figures should be submitted as separate files for each picture and figure.