期刊名称：GUT PATHOGENS ISSN： 1757-4749 出版频率： Continuous publication 出版社： BMC, CAMPUS, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND, N1 9XW 期刊网址： http://www.gutpathogens.com/ 影响因子： 4.181 主题范畴： GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY;    MICROBIOLOGY 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal Gut Pathogens publishes research on both biological and clinical aspects of the pathogens, commensals and functional microbiota of the gut, including probiotic bacteria and yeasts and their products. The journal also considers timely reports on the novel aspects of genomics, metagenomics, microbiota profiling and systems biology, as well as studies identifying new genome sequences of gut microbes. Read more Gut Pathogens, the official journal of The International Society for Genomic and Evolutionary Microbiology (ISOGEM), is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal. Gut Pathogens is a fast publishing, inclusive and prominent international journal which recognizes the need for a publishing platform uniquely tailored to reflect the full breadth of research in the biology and medicine of pathogens, commensals and functional microbiota of the gut. The journal publishes basic, clinical and cutting-edge research on all aspects of the above mentioned organisms including probiotic bacteria and yeasts and their products. The scope also covers the related ecology, molecular genetics, physiology and epidemiology of these microbes. The journal actively invites timely reports on the novel aspects of genomics, metagenomics, microbiota profiling and systems biology. Gut Pathogens will also consider, at the discretion of the editors, descriptive studies identifying a new genome sequence of a gut microbe or a series of related microbes (such as those obtained from new hosts, niches, settings, outbreaks and epidemics) and those obtained from single or multiple hosts at one or different time points (chronological evolution). Short articles that briefly and concisely describe the isolation and characterization of new pathogenic species or variants thereof, or a new strain or type based on sequence analysis or association studies of host and pathogen genetic repertoires or polymorphisms (functional molecular infection epidemiology) are also welcome. Topical areas include, but are not limited to: Microbial etiology of gut ailments Gut invasion mechanisms Microbial toxins and virulence factors in infections of the gut and associated glands - liver, pancreas Bacterial adaptation to gut niches and evolution of pathogenicity Biology and ecology of gut commensals and microbiota in health and disease Biology and ecology of probiotic organisms Host susceptibility or resistance to gut pathogens Immune mechanisms of gut infections Etiology of inflammatory bowel diseases Molecular and serological diagnosis Treatment and drug resistance mechanisms Molecular epidemiology, transmission dynamics and evolutionary genetics Vaccines for gut pathogens Comparative and veterinary infectious diseases of the gut Pathogenesis of bacterial, parasitic and viral infections of the gut Genome sequencing, comparative genomics and systems biology Microbiota analysis, metagenomics and gut microbiomes   Open access All articles published by Gut Pathogens are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here. Authors of articles published in Gut Pathogens are the copyright holders of their articles and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate the article, according to the BioMed Central copyright and license agreement. For authors who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, BioMed Central can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed. Article-processing charges Open access publishing is not without costs. Gut Pathogens therefore levies an article-processing charge of £1345/$2205/€1620 for each article accepted for publication. We routinely waive charges for authors from low-income countries. Generally, if the submitting author's institution is a Member the cost of the article-processing charge is covered by the membership, and no further charge is payable. In the case of authors whose institutions are Supporter Members, however, a discounted article-processing charge is payable by the author. For further details, see our article-processing charge page. A limited number of waivers for article-processing charges are also available at the editors' discretion, and authors wishing to apply for these waivers should contact the editors. Indexing services All articles published in Gut Pathogens are included in PubMed, the most widely used biomedical bibliographic database service, which is run by the US National Library of Medicine. Other bibliographic databases that index articles published in Gut Pathogens include: CAS Citebase DOAJ Google Scholar Index Copernicus Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition OAIster PubMed PubMed Central Science Citation Index Expanded Scirus Scopus SOCOLAR Zetoc The full text of all research articles is deposited in PubMed Central, the US National Library of Medicine's full-text repository of life science literature, and other digital archives including e-Depot (The Netherlands). Gut Pathogens is tracked by Thomson Reuters (ISI) and has an Impact Factor of 2.74. Publication and peer review process Content overview Gut Pathogens considers the following types of article: Research articles: reports of data from original research. Reviews: comprehensive, authoritative, descriptions of any subject within the scope of the journal. Case reports: describe a major healthcare intervention, usually from a public health perspective. Case report articles that include a rigorous assessment of the processes and impact of the intervention as well as recommendations for future interventions will be considered favourably. Note that case report articles should not describe an individual patient - authors should use the case report format for such descriptions. Commentaries: short, focused and opinionated articles on any subject within the journal's scope. These articles focus on specific issues and are about 800 words. Hypotheses: short articles presenting an untested original hypothesis backed solely by previously published results rather than any new evidence. They should outline significant progress in thinking that would also be testable, and be about 1500 words. Letters to the Editor: these can take three forms: a substantial re-analysis of a previously published article, or a substantial response to such a re-analysis from the authors of the original publication, or an article that may not cover 'standard research' but that may be relevant to readers. Short reports: brief reports of data from original research, usually about 1500 words. Genome Announcements: articles giving a brief and concise account of a complete or partial genome of a gut pathogen or probiotic organism. Peer-review policies Gut Pathogens operates a closed peer-review policy. Manuscripts submitted to Gut Pathogens will be examined by the Editor-in-Chief before being sent for peer review. Manuscripts will be sent to two reviewers, one of which may be a member of the Gut Pathogens Editorial Board with specialist knowledge in the area of the submitted manuscript. If conflicting recommendations arise from the peer-review, the manuscript will be sent for further review. Statisticians will be consulted where needed, and final decisions will be made by the Editor-in-Chief with consultation of the Editorial Board. Edited by Niyaz Ahmed, Francis Megraud and Leonardo Sechi, Gut Pathogens is supported by an expertEditorial Board. Authors will be able to check the progress of their manuscript through the submission system at any time by logging into My Gut Pathogens, a personalized section of the site. Reprints High-quality, bound reprints can be purchased for all articles published. Please see our reprints website for further information about ordering reprints. Supplements Gut Pathogens will consider supplements based on proceedings (full articles or meeting abstracts), reviews or research. All articles submitted for publication in supplements are subject to peer review. Published supplements are fully searchable and freely accessible online and can also be produced in print. All full length articles (proceedings, reviews or research articles) are indexed by PubMed. PubMed displays the title of the supplement only in the case of meeting abstract collections. For further information, please contact us. Editorial policies All manuscripts submitted to Gut Pathogens should adhere to BioMed Central's editorial policies. Citing articles in Gut Pathogens Articles in Gut Pathogens should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number. Article citations follow this format: Authors: Title. Gut Pathog [year], [volume number]:[article number]. e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Gut Pathog 2009, 1:115. refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal. Why publish your article in Gut Pathogens? High visibility Gut Pathogens's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience. Articles that have been especially highly accessed are highlighted with a 'Highly accessed' graphic, which appears on the journal's contents pages and search results. Speed of publication Gut Pathogens offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles are published with their final citation immediately upon acceptance in a provisional PDF form. The article will subsequently be published in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF; the article will then be available through Gut Pathogens, BioMed Central and PubMed Central and will also be included in PubMed. Flexibility Online publication in Gut Pathogens gives authors the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles). Promotion and press coverage Articles published in Gut Pathogens are included in article alerts and regular email updates. Some may be included in abstract books mailed to academics and are highlighted on Gut Pathogens's pages and on the BioMed Central homepage. In addition, articles published in Gut Pathogens may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in Gut Pathogens. A list of articles recently press-released by journals published by BioMed Central is availablehere. Copyright Authors of articles published in Gut Pathogens retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work (for further details, see the BioMed Central copyright and license agreement). Instructions to Authors Gut Pathogens publishes research on both biological and clinical aspects of the pathogens, commensals and functional microbiota of the gut, including probiotic bacteria and yeasts and their products. The journal also considers timely reports on the novel aspects of genomics, metagenomics, microbiota profiling and systems biology, as well as studies identifying new genome sequences of gut microbes. Read more Each article type published by Gut Pathogens follows a specific format, as detailed in the corresponding instructions for authors; please choose an article type from the list on the left to view the instructions for authors. The instructions for authors includes information about preparing a manuscript for submission to Gut Pathogens, criteria for publication and the online submission process. Other relevant information about the journal's policies, the refereeing process and so on can be found in 'About this journal'. Gut Pathogens publishes the following article types: ·         Research Articles ·         Case Reports ·         Commentaries ·         Genome Announcements ·         Hypotheses ·         Letters to the Editor ·         Meeting reports ·         Reviews ·         Short Reports We use plagiarism detection  This journal is a member of, and subscribes to the principles of, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Authors and referees are asked to declare any competing interests. Copyright rests with the authors. For more information on copyright of articles, see our publisher'scopyright and license policy. Editorial Board Editors-in-Chief Professor Niyaz Ahmed University of Hyderabad, India Professor Leonardo A Sechi University of Sassari, Italy Senior Editor - Clinical Professor Francis Megraud INSERM U853, France Senior Editors Professor Giovanni Fadda The Catholic University, Rome, Italy Professor Seyed E Hasnain Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Professor Barry Marshall University of Western Australia, Australia Professor Lothar Wieler Free University Berlin, Germany Associate Editors Dr Mohammad Abdullah Alhawi King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Dr Mohammed Benghezal The University of Western Australia, Australia Professor Stefan Bereswill Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany Professor Arun Bhunia Purdue University, United States Dr Tim Bull St Georges University of London, United Kingdom Professor Piero Cappuccinelli University of Sassari, Italy Dr Rukhsana Chowdhury Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India Dr Mario D'Elios University of Florence, Italy Professor Ulrich Dobrindt University of Muenster, Germany Professor Antonio Gasbarrini Gemelli Hospital, Italy Dr Maria Gazouli University of Athens, Greece Professor Ralph A Giannella Mark Brown Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinneti, Cincinneti, OH, USA, United States Dr Robert Greenstein VA Medical Center, United States Dr Rudy Hartskeerl KIT Biomedical Research, Netherlands Professor Masanori Hatakeyama Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan Professor John Hermon-Taylor King's College London, United Kingdom Dr G. Douglas D Inglis Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Canada Dr Ahmed Irshad Central Laboratories, Supreme Council of Health, Qatar Dr Shahid Jameel International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, India Dr Aleem Khan Center for Liver Research and Diagnostics, India Dr Nooruddin Khan University of Hyderabad, India Professor Peter Malfertheiner Otto von Guericke University, Germany Professor George L Mendz University of Notre Dame, Australia Professor Hazel Mitchell The University of New South Wales, Australia Dr Asish K Mukhopadhyay National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, India Dr Balakrish Nair Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), India Professor Saleh Naser University of Central Florida, United States Professor Mauro Nicoletti "G. D'Annunzio" University, Italy Professor Colm A O'Morain Adelaide and Meath Hospital/Trinity College, Ireland Dr Insaf A Qureshi University of Hyderabad, India Dr Balakrishnan S Ramakrishna Christian Medical College, Vellore, India Professor Barik Salih Fatih University, Turkey Dr Mrutyunjay Suar KIIT University, Odisha, India Professor Kwai-Lin Thong University of Malaya, Malaysia Dr Deborah Threadgill University of North Carolina, United States Professor Jamuna Vadivelu Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia Professor Yoshio Yamaoka Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Japan Professor Stefania Zanetti University of Sassari, Italy Dr Dongsheng Zhou Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, China