In this opinion piece, we outline a strategy that harnesses the ability of. Patient impact also affected the uncertainty of the estimates. Intracellular bacterial pathogens, as mycobacterium tuberculosis, salmonella enterica, brucella suis or listeria monocytogenes, can replicate within host cells. Lassa fever lf is a severe acute viral hemorrhagic illness caused by a virus belonging to the family arenaviridae.
Frustrated, i decided to investigate whether such delays are commonplace at plos. To determine the impact factor for a particular journal, select a jcr edition science and or social science, year, and categories, found on the left of the screen. Waterborne pathogens have appeared again and again for a number reasons including. Reflecting the full breadth of research on bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions and viruses, plos pathogens publishes outstanding original. Lastly, open the pdf in one of the following three programs to save the file in tiff format. The most prevalent, curable sexually important diseases are those caused by chlamydia trachomatis c. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. For the majority of pathogens, severity of disease was the second driving factor for uncertainty after treatment impact, followed by. Invitro antibacterial activity of probiotic against human. Despite the differences in impact factors, the similarities. Alternatively, plos pathogens can automatically compile a preprint pdf suitable for biorxiv from the manuscript and figure files included in your submission. Thank you for sending your work entitled effectiveness of traveller screening for emerging pathogens is shaped by epidemiology and natural history of infection for consideration at elife.
It also accepts papers in the field of clinical microbiology, with. She has more than 30 years experience in scholarly publishing and information services, and prior to plos served as editorial director for the american association of cancer research. Bmc is a signatory of the san francisco declaration on research assessment. The aim of study is to isolate, characterize and evaluate the antibacterial effect of probiotic against multidrug resistant mdr human bacterial pathogens. Publication delays at plos and 3,475 other journals june 29, 2015. Foodborne illnesses result in high medical and societal burden at a global level kirk et al. Change the default settings pulldown to press quality.
In biological sequence analysis, kmers are unique subsequences of a sequence of length k. We recognize that journal impact factors are so often used as a surrogate measure of the quality of a given scientist and his or her work. It also publishes short population reports, which are tied to the database, describing allele. Classically, pathogenic bacteria are classified as intracellular or extracellular pathogens. The journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine. The decision to introduce or amend vaccination programmes is routinely based on mathematical. A journals impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which an average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. Pdf effects of parasites and pathogens on bee cognition. Experiences and psychosocial impact of west africa ebola. A critical issue facing humanity is the rise in antimicrobial resistance. Frontiers intramacrophage survival for extracellular. Plos applies the creative commons attribution cc by license to everything we publish.
After entering the target host cell professional or nonprofessional phagocyte, the intracellular pathogen follows vacuolar or cytosolic. Impact of different cell penetrating peptides on the. Our empirical analyses show that impact factor biased journal selfcitation practices. On april 22, 2015 my research was formally accepted to plos computational biology. The following list highlights some recent srpfunded publications in high impact journals. Second, we apply our measure in a large scale study of long term trends in impact factor biased journal selfcitations, based on three decades of citation data for thousands of journals. Drawing upon available information on humanitarian health care, a semistructured interview guide was developed. Impact of different cell penetrating peptides on the efficacy of antisense therapeutics for targeting intracellular pathogens. To investigate the prehistoric origins of these lentiviruses, we looked for patterns of evolution in the antiviral host gene trim5 that would reflect selection by lentiviruses during.
The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor thomson reuters metric. Plos one features reports of original research from all disciplines within science and medicine. Bioxbio journal impact you may also be interested in the following journals. Here are the list of top 10 microbiology journals based on their impact factor of 2015. Plos publishes a suite of influential open access journals across all areas of science and medicine. Pick where the pdf will be created, and click save. For example, in 2008 a publication with s 0 biology and life sciences and. The journals status in regard to coverage in the clarivate analytics databases as well as. Plos pathogens rg journal impact rankings 2018 and 2019.
Journal impact factor 2014 impact factor list 2012. The authors used a multicriteria decision analysis method to prioritise antibioticresistant bacteria. The impact factor is a very useful tool for evaluation of journals, but it must be used discreetly. The latest 2019 edition of impact factor, sjr, and eigenfactor score for 3 biotech journal. In this issue of the lancet infectious diseases, evelina tacconelli and colleagues, and the who pathogens priority list working group,1 describe how who created a priority list of antibioticresistant bacteria to support research into and development of effective drugs. The article presents frequency plots citation distributions of 11 journals including plos biology, plos genetics and plos one that range in their impact factor from less than three to more than 30 the analysis covers the same period as the 2015 impact factor calculation. The pathogenic success of mycobacterium tuberculosis mtb is tightly linked to its ability to recalibrate host metabolic processes in infected host macrophages. My current project builds on the forthcoming study and would benefit from its publication. It covers microbiology, hostpathogen interaction and immunology related to infectious agents, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa. Probiotics have tremendous role in human health for disease prevention and treatment in both communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
The impact of oxygen on bacterial enteric pathogens. Author summary old world primates in africa are reservoir hosts for more than 40 species of simian immunodeficiency viruses sivs, including the sources of the human immunodeficiency viruses, hiv1 and hiv2. Developed to facilitate open access, this license lets authors maximize the impact or their research by making it available for anyone, anywhere in the world to find, read and reuse. Phage therapy is an old idea, long practiced in eastern european countries and gaining serious attention in the western world. Atgc, kmers are capitalized upon to assemble sequences, improve heterologous gene expression, identify species in metagenomic samples, and create attenuated vaccines. Plos and igem share a belief that science is best advanced through openness. Effects of parasites and pathogens on bee cognition. Enteric pathogens exposed to varying oxygen levels. In press, journal preproof, available online 27 april 2020. Scroll the list to find the journal you are interested in. Indeed, based upon manual inspection, we confirm that several of the. Plos pathogens reflects the full breadth of research in these areas by publishing outstanding original articles that significantly advance the understanding of pathogens and how they interact with. Bacterial pathogens are among the leading causes for foodborne diseases scallan et al.
The clarivate analytics impact factor web of science group. Plos biology rg journal impact rankings 2018 and 2019. How to submit your revised plos manuscript in editorial. Expanding beyond biomedicine into the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering disciplines, bmc now offers a wider portfolio of subject fields on a single open access platform. Helen atkins has been director of publishing services at plos since 20. Journal impact factor 2015 impact factor list 2015 2014. All content in plos pathogens is published under the creative commons byattribution. Although increasing research effort is spent on developing novel drugs, few alternatives reach the clinic. Plos pathogens publishes open access research and commentary that significantly advance the understanding of pathogens and how they interact with host organisms. Download formatted paper in docx and latex formats. The public library of science began in 2000 with an online petition initiative by nobel prize winner harold varmus, formerly director of the. Publication delays at plos and 3,475 other journals.
Uncheck the view adobe pdf results box if you dont want acrobat to launch. We are committed to continual innovation to better support the needs of our communities, ensuring the integrity of the. Read the latest articles of journal of molecular biology at. In principle, an antibiotic management strategy might be designed to reduce the probability of such contacts. In 2017 bmc became a signatory of the san francisco declaration on research assessment dora, the commitment to move away from a single measure of a journals impact impact factor to the provision of a wider set of metrics and measurements. Cap, considered by many to be the most underestimated disease worldwide, poses a particular threat to the elderly whose numbers are steadily increasing in. Although the problems associated with healthcareassociated infections hai and the emergence of zoonotic and multidrugresistant pathogens in companion animal dogs, cats and horses medicine have been wellknown for decades, current progress with respect to practical implementation of infection control programs in veterinary clinics has been limited. If you plan to participate, upload a preprint pdf now, using the preprint pdf item type. Open access free for readers, with article processing charges apc paid by authors or their institutions. Instant formatting template for plos pathogens guidelines. Sixteen interviews lasted an average of 45 minutes in length, and were conducted from may to july, 2015, via phone, skype, or inperson. The initial appearance of multipledrug resistance on a single genetic element likely occurs when bacteria resistant to the component drugs come into proximity or contact, such that horizontal transfer and recombination can occur.
Despite advances in antimicrobial chemotherapy and access to sophisticated intensive care facilities, bacterial communityacquired pneumonia cap continues to carry an unacceptably high mortality rate of 10% to 15% in hospitalized cases. Primarily used within the context of computational genomics, in which kmers are comprised of nucleotides i. To control antibiotic resistance, vaccines have been proposed as an essential intervention, complementing improvements in diagnostic testing, antibiotic stewardship, and drug pipelines. In the united states, salmonella enterica, campylobacter, and listeria monocytogenes together are responsible for over 50% of the annual cost of. Manuscript decision bias and anomalous editor activity at plos one. Antibiotic resistance is a major global threat to the provision of safe and effective health care. Analyzing the impact of mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Use of mathematical modelling to assess the impact of. These are only the name and some description of the journals with their website link. Prioritising pathogens for the management of severe. Multidrugresistant opportunistic pathogens challenging. While parasites and pathogens primarily impact the physiology of. This video shows plos authors how to submit a revised manuscript using the editorial manager em submission system. By not excluding papers on the basis of subject area, plos one facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers whether within or between disciplines. An important characteristic of these infections is their ability to cause longterm sequels in upper genital tract, thus potentially affecting the reproductive health in both sexes. Plos biology features works of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems, including works at the interface with other. Origin and proliferation of multipledrug resistance in.