Announcement
Letters to the Editor
Commentary
File format
Authors should submit the manuscript as an editable source file for the entire submission, including figures, tables, and text graphics. Please follow the length limit, covering word count, figures, tables, and references. Submit the manuscript as a single-column Word document, using Times New Roman, 12 pt, single-spaced, with at least a 2 cm margin. Ensure all errors are minimized by utilizing spell-check and grammar-check tools.
Article title: Article titles should be concise and informative. Please avoid abbreviations and formulas unless they are established and widely understood, e.g., PCR.
Author names: Provide the first name(s) and family name(s) of each author in full, and the abbreviations for the middle names. Carefully check that all names are spelled accurately.
Affiliations: Provide the authors' affiliations (where the work was done) below the names. Include only the department, institute and/or university, city, and country. No additional information is required. Indicate all affiliations with a lowercase superscript number immediately after each author's name.
Corresponding author: Clearly specify who will manage correspondence for your article throughout all stages of the review and publication process, including after publication. This includes responding to future questions about your results, data, methodology, and materials. Ensure that the corresponding author's email address and contact details, including the "permanent address," remain up to date throughout the entire submission and publication phases.
Abstract: The abstract is limited to 50 words or fewer and should be a single paragraph that summarizes the basic content of the paper without presenting extensive experimental details. Avoid abbreviations and references, and do not include diagrams.
Keywords: 5-7 keywords should be added after the abstract, arranged alphabetically, separated by commas, and with the first letter capitalized.
Announcements
An Announcement is a concise report presenting specific microbiological data or resources, limited to 750 words and written without section headings. Submissions may include one figure and one table to summarize the dataset or provide contextual information; supplementary material is not permitted. The references are limited to 15.
Omics Announcements publish concise reports detailing the genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolic characterization of previously unrecognized, emerging, or re-emerging microbial pathogens. Submissions must include relevant accession numbers and provide clear instructions for accessing associated omics resources, including sequence data, analytical pipelines, software tools, and biological materials such as culture collections. All datasets must be deposited in publicly accessible repositories and be available prior to consideration for publication.
Outbreak Announcements publish concise reports on the detection, characterization, and investigation of infectious disease outbreaks affecting human, animal, or environmental health. These reports are intended to promote timely data sharing and to strengthen public health surveillance, outbreak response, and preparedness at local, regional, and global levels.
Microbial Announcements publishes concise reports on the identification, diagnosis, and characterization of newly emerging or re-emerging microbial pathogens within defined geographical regions. The journal also welcomes reports describing atypical phenotypic or genotypic features, as well as novel sequence types, variants, or lineages of previously recognized pathogens.
Letters to the Editor and Commentaries are concise, invited articles that provide substantive discussion or commentary on previously published announcements. They follow the same format and guidelines as announcements and are limited to 500 words, with up to one figure, one table, and ten references. These articles are solicited by the editor from experts in the field and are intended to offer meaningful scientific insight or perspective.
Table and figure
Submit only one editable text table, not images. Place the table near the related text or on separate pages at the end of your article. Make sure to cite the table within the manuscript. Avoid vertical rules, cell shading, and repeating results. Remember to include captions for each table.
Submit only one figure, image, or diagram with the manuscript, and ensure it is cited within the text. Save the figure as a TIFF, JPG, or PNG file with at least 300 dpi (for a single column: minimum 1063 pixels; for full-page width: 2244 pixels).
Data Availability: In this section, authors should provide detailed information about the data in the results, including links to publicly available datasets used or created during the study. For genomic data, offer accession numbers to public repositories and Web links to relevant software and databases. Be sure to include accession numbers for both the assembly and raw reads. All raw reads must be submitted to NCBI’s SRA or to similar repositories such as ENA or DDBJ.
Acknowledgments: All contributors not meeting authorship criteria should be listed in an acknowledgments section. This includes those who provided technical help, writing assistance, or general support from a department chair. Authors should disclose any writing help and identify who paid for it.
Author Contributions: A short paragraph specifying each author's individual contributions must be provided. Use the following statements: "Conceptualization, X.X. and Y.Y.; Methodology, X.X.; Software, X.X.; Validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; Formal Analysis, X.X.; Investigation, X.X.; Resources, X.X.; Data Curation, X.X.; Writing – Original Draft Preparation, X.X.; Writing – Review & Editing, X.X.; Visualization, X.X.; Supervision, X.X.; Project Administration, X.X.; Funding Acquisition, Y.Y.”.
Funding source: All funding sources for the study must be disclosed. Clearly specify any grants received to support your research, and if applicable, mention funds used for publication costs. Example for funding statement: "This work was supported by [name of funding agency, grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]." If no funding was provided, include the statement: "This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors."
Conflict of interest statement: Authors are required to disclose any personal circumstances or interests that might influence how they present or interpret the research findings. If there are no conflicts of interest, simply state "The authors declare no conflict of interest."
Ethics Statement: Provide the ethical approval number for studies involving humans or animals. You may omit this if ethical approval was not required. For human or animal studies, include the statement: “The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of [name of institute/protocol code XXX/date of approval].” If ethical review was waived, state: “Ethical review and approval were waived for this study due to (please specify the reason).” For studies not involving humans or animals, write “Not applicable.””
References
The announcement is limited to 15 references.
The announcement is limited to 15 references.
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also included in the reference list. References should be carefully checked for accuracy and corrected to conform exactly to the journal's style.
We recommend that you not include unpublished results or personal communications in your reference list, though you may mention them in the text of your article. Please add "unpublished results" or "personal communication" for any unpublished results or personal communications.
This journal follows the Vancouver (ICMJE) referencing style
In-text citations
References should be cited in the text using Arabic numerals in brackets [1, 2, 3].
References must be numbered consecutively in the order of first appearance in the text.
If a reference is cited more than once, use the same number each time.
Example: Antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic pathogens is a growing global concern [1,2].
Reference List
The reference list should appear at the end of the manuscript.
References should be listed numerically, in the same order as cited in the text.
Use the Vancouver (ICMJE) reference style.
Journal titles should be abbreviated according to PubMed/MEDLINE standards.
List up to six authors; if there are more than six, list the first six followed by et al.
Include the volume, page numbers, and DOI where available.
Examples of reference formats
Journal article
Smith JA, Brown L, Ahmed R, Khan M, Lopez D, Chen Y, et al. Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Salmonella isolated from poultry. Vet Microbiol. 2023; 278(1):109648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109648
Book
Quinn PJ, Markey BK, Leonard FC, Fitz Patrick ES, Fanning S, Hartigan PJ. Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease. 2nd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011.
Book chapter
Prescott JF. Antimicrobial therapy in veterinary medicine. In: Giguère S, Prescott JF, Dowling PM, editors. Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine. 5th ed. Ames (IA): Wiley Blackwell; 2013. p. 3–19.
Online article
World Health Organization. Global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria [Internet]. Geneva: WHO; 2017 [cited 2025 Jan 10]. Available from: https://www.who.int
Special considerations for microbiology topics
Scientific names of microorganisms should follow international nomenclature standards.
Gene names, plasmids, and strains should be cited according to accepted microbiological conventions.
Preprints may be cited only if clearly identified as preprints.
Strains, isolates, and sequences must be cited with: Accession numbers (GenBank, EMBL, etc.) and culture collection numbers where applicable.
Reference management: Authors are encouraged to use reference management software (e.g., EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero) configured to the Vancouver style to ensure accuracy and consistency
Prohibited citation practices
To comply with COPE and Scopus ethics rules, the following are not allowed:
Citation manipulation
Excessive self-citation
Citation of irrelevant articles for metric inflation
References to predatory or deceptive journals
Editors reserve the right to request corrections or reject manuscripts for unethical citation behavior.
Responsibility of authors
Authors are responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of all references.
Incorrect or misleading references may be considered a breach of publication ethics (COPE).
This journal is fully open access. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, allowing unrestricted use, distribution, and reuse, provided the original authors are properly credited.
A one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) of €1,400 is applied to accepted manuscripts to cover peer review management, production, dissemination, and related publishing costs. Editorial decisions are based solely on scholarly merit and are independent of any financial considerations. The APC is requested only after acceptance; advance payment does not guarantee acceptance.
There are no submission fees, no charges for rejected manuscripts, and no additional fees based on article length, figures, or supplementary materials. Selected content types (e.g., Editorials, Corrections, Addenda, Retractions, and Comments) are published free of charge.
To ensure that the ability to pay does not constitute a barrier to publication, full or partial APC waivers are available to authors unable to cover the fee, including those from low- and middle-income countries and those conducting unfunded research. All waiver requests are handled confidentially and do not influence editorial decision.
For waiver requests, please submit the complete article and a formal request, stating the journal name and the reason for the waiver to waiver@infinity-ipc.org