FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
Published on behalf of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Edited by:
Patrik M. Bavoil
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 87/121 Immunology; 38/51 Infectious Diseases; 57/91 Microbiology
Impact Factor: 1.972
The editors of FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology aim to publish outstanding primary Research Articles and MiniReviews reporting on hypothesis- or discovery-driven studies relating to infection, infection control and their molecular and cellular correlates.
The infection typically involves that of humans or animals by microorganisms of all classes, i.e. viruses, bacteria, fungi or protozoa. The scientific approaches of these studies correspond broadly to the fields of immunology, medical microbiology, cell biology (of infectious diseases), and the biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics of pathogens. These include prominently the overlapping subspecialties of molecular and cellular microbial pathogenesis, host innate and adaptive immune responses to infection, '-omics' of pathogens and/or of the infected host, and modeling of the infection or disease (from biomathematical to in vitro to animal modeling).
FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology will also consider outstanding vaccine-related studies and molecular diagnostic and epidemiology studies that are focused on the infectious agent or the infection process.
TopNews and Announcements
NIH-funded authors and FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
From April 2008, the NIH is mandating grantees to deposit their accepted manuscripts in PubMed Central, to be made publicly available within 12 months of publication (http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#general).
The NIH mandate applies to all articles based on research that has been wholly or partially funded by the NIH and that are accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. For papers accepted for publication in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology after this date Wiley-Blackwell will post the accepted version of articles by NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central upon acceptance by the journal. This accepted version will be made publicly available in PubMed Central 12 months after publication.
If authors wish to make their final published article openly accessible and without embargo, they can choose to publish via the OnlineOpen service (http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/static/onlineopen.asp).
FEMS is Committed to Reviewing Microbiology
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TopHighlights
Click on the links below to view a selection of thematic issues from FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology:
Chlamydia
March 2009
Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter Infections
July 2007
Campylobacter
February 2007
Advances in Molecular Mycology
September 2005
Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter Infections
May 2005
Infection, Inflammation and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
September 2004
Viral Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology
November 2003
New Approaches to Bacterial Vaccine Development
July 2003
Helicobacter Pathogenesis and Immunology
May 2003
The Versatility of Listeria Species
April 2003
Click on the links below to view a selection of highly cited papers from FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology:
SCCmec in staphylococci: genes on the move
Anne-Merethe Hanssen, Johanna U. Ericson Sollid, 46(1) pg 8, Feb 2006
Regulation of virulence determinants in vitro and in vivo in Staphylococcus aureas
Ambrose L Cheung, Arnold S Bayer, Gongyi Zhang, Hattie Gresham, Yan-Qiong Xiong, 40(1) pg 1, Jan 2004
Regulation of innate and adaptive immunity by the female sex hormones oestradial and progesterone
Kenneth W Beagley, Christine M Gockel, 38(1) pg 13, Aug 2003
From cells to signalling cascades: manipulation of innate immunity by Toxoplasma gondii
Eric Y Denkers, 39(3), pg 193, Dec 2003
Candida albicans clades
David R Soll, Claude Pujol, 39(1), pg 1, Oct 2003
