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Oral health and infectious diseases: causes, risks, and prevention
Guest Editor
Biao Ren, PhD, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, China
Submission Status: Open until 31 January 2026
Cutting-edge diagnostics for infectious diseases: emerging technologies and approaches
Guest Editors
Sikhulile Moyo, PhD, MSc, MPH, Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Botswana
Gayani Tillekeratne, MD, MSc, Duke University School of Medicine, USA
Submission Status: Open until 31 January 2026
Application of advanced statistical methods in infectious diseases 2025
Guest Editors
Zhongjie Shi, MD, PhD, Wayne State University, USA
Sergei S. Simakov, PhD, DSc, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
Submission Status: Open until 31 January 2026
Infectious ocular diseases: mechanisms, pathogenesis, and therapeutic advances
Guest Editors
Samendra Karkhur, MBBS, MS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, India
Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada, MD, PhD, Qvision Vithas Málaga, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga & Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Submission Status: Open until 31 December 2025
Tuberculosis immunology and infection
Guest Editors
Beth Gilmour, PhD, The Kids Research Institute, Australia
Antonia Morita Saktiawati, MD, PhD, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Zongde Zhang, PhD, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University & Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, China
Submission Status: Open until 31 December 2025
Artificial intelligence in infectious disease management: transforming diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
Guest Editors
Ashley Quigley, PhD, Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia
Jawad Rasheed, PhD, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkiye
Submission Status: Open until 31 December 2025
Infectious diseases in cancer patients
Guest Editors
Claudio Cerchione, MD, PhD, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori “Dino Amadori” (IRST) IRCCS, Italy
Alexandre Malek, MD, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, USA
Submission Status: Open until 31 December 2025
The rise of invasive fungal infections: diagnostics, antifungal stewardship, prophylaxis, and genetics
Guest Editors
María Guadalupe Frías-De-León, PhD, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, Mexico
Anna Katarzyna Wrońska, PhD, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Submission Status: Open until 30 November 2025
Adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in infectious diseases
Guest Editors
Jefferson Antonio Buendía, MD, PhD, University of Antioquia, Colombia
Yosuke Fukuda, MD, PhD, Yamanashi Red Cross Hospital, Japan
Bhavana Sharma, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Submission Status: Open until 30 November 2025
Healthcare-associated infections
Guest Editors
Emine Alp Mese, MD, PhD, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkiye
Nicola Petrosillo, MD, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
Submission Status: Open until 31 October 2025
Infectious disease and antibiotic resistance epidemiology
Guest Editors
Abdulrahman S. Bazaid, PhD, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia
Dennis Nurjadi, MD, University of Lübeck and University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Submission Status: Open until 19 September 2025
High-threat pathogens and outbreak response
Guest Editors
Andrea Marzi, PhD, National Institutes of Health, USA
David Safronetz, PhD, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
Submission Status: Open until 18 September 2025
Urinary tract infections
Guest Editors
Nicole J. De Nisco, PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Sarita Mohapatra, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Edmond Puca, MD, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa,” Albania
Submission Status: Open until 26 August 2025
Emerging threats and innovations in Mpox research: addressing the challenges of new strains
Guest Editors
Aroop Mohanty, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Gorakhpur, India
Bijaya Kumar Padhi, PhD, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
Ranjit Sah, MD, SR Sanjeevani Hospital, Nepal
Submission Status: Open until 31 July 2025
Sepsis: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment
Guest Editors
Pierre-François Laterre, MD, CHR Mons-Hainaut, Belgium
Alberto Enrico Maraolo, MD, MSc, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025
Real world evidence studies with antivirals for SARS-CoV-2
Guest Editors
Salvatore Rotundo, MD, Magna Graecia University, Italy
Daiki Wada, MD, PhD, Kansai Medical University, Japan
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025
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Sexually transmitted infections
Guest Editors
Jesse L. Clark, MD, MSc, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, USA
Vicente Estrada, MD, PhD, The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Weiming Tang, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Seasonal respiratory infections
Guest Editors
Thangam Menon, PhD, DSc, University of Madras, India
Leila C. Sahni, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital, USA
HIV and TB co-infection
Guest Editors
Francesco Di Gennaro, MD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, PhD, Makerere University, Uganda
Peter Nyasulu, PhD, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Sheela Shenoi, MD, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Neglected tropical diseases
Guest Editors
Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, MD, PhD, Federal University of the São Francisco Valley (UNIVASF), Brazil
Wei Wang, MD, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China
Diagnostic and management of infections in immunocompromised patients
Guest Editors
Florence Abravanel, PhD, Toulouse University Hospital, France
Methee Chayakulkeeree, MD, PhD, Mahidol University, Thailand
Aristine Cheng, BM BCh, MA, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Johan Maertens, MD, PhD, KU Leuven & University Hospitals Leuven (UZ Leuven), Belgium
Animal models in infectious diseases
Guest Editors
Zulqarnain Baloch, PhD, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
Hin Chu, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Luis Martinez-Sobrido, PhD, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, USA
Application of advanced statistical methods in infectious diseases
Guest Editors
Zhongjie Shi, MD, PhD, Wayne State University, USA
Sergei S. Simakov, PhD, DSc, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
Challenges of infectious disease surveillance and prevention
Guest Editors
Danielle Giovenco, PhD, Emory University, USA
Andrew Scheibe, MBChB, MPH, University of Pretoria, South Africa
HIV long-acting treatments: prophylactic and therapeutic
Guest Editors
Antonella Castagna, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Stefano Rusconi, MD, DIBIC, University of Milan, Italy
Burden of lower respiratory tract infections in older adults
Guest Editors
Denise Battaglini, MD, PhD, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy
Alejandro Rodriguez, MD, PhD, MSc, Hospital Universitario de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Spain
COVID-19 and HIV
Guest Editors:
Nada Fadul, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
Gengfeng Fu, PhD, Jiangsu provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, PhD, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Alessandra Vergori, PhD, National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani IRCCS, Italy
Xueying Yang, Phd, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, United States
Immunotherapy for infectious diseases
Guest Editors
Michaël Desjardins, PhD, University of Montreal Hospital Center, Canada
Ofer Levy, MD PhD, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
Amy C. Sherman, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical, United States
Respiratory syncytial virus
Guest Editors
Zhengrong Chen, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, China
Antonio Piralla, PhD, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Italy
Hassan Zaraket, Adjunct Associate Professor, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Long-term effects of COVID-19 infections
Guest Editors:
Giulia Marchetti: University of Milan, Italy
Maria Mazzitelli: Padua University Hospital, Italy
Foodborne and waterborne diseases
Guest Editors:
Martin Boudou: Technological University Dublin, Ireland
Paul Hynds: Technological University Dublin, Ireland
Monkeypox
Guest Editors:
Abdullah Reda: Al Azhar University, Egypt
Claude Sabeta: University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Ranjit Sah: Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal
Vaccines for infectious diseases: immune mechanisms to vaccine development and clinical implementation
Guest Editors:
Rajib Deb, BVSc, MVSc, PhD: ICAR-National Research Center on Pig, India
Sandeep Kumar Dhanda, PhD: St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
Wen-Qiang He, MD, PhD: University of Sydney, Australia
Febrile illness – diagnosing and caring for preventable and treatable infectious causes of fever
Guest Editor:
Adrian Gonzalez Lopez: Editor - BMC Infectious Diseases, Germany
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
Systematic reviews on infectious diseases
Guest Editors:
Chester Kalinda: University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
Elvis Temfack: Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia
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
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
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 3.4
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.3
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.106
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.031
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
Submission to acceptance (median days): 142
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