CMI editorial report 2013

CMI editorial report 2014

“…At the time of writing, the most downloaded article in 2013 was ‘Mesh‐related infections after hernia repair surgery’ by Falagas and Kasiakou , followed by ‘Multidrug‐resistant, extensively drug‐resistant and pandrug‐resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance’ by Magiorakos et al . .…”

“…The reason for the creation of this journal was related to two factors: on the one hand, the increase in rejections of high quality submissions to CMI raised the question of a loss of ability to publish high-quality papers; on the other hand, work by Evelina Tacconelli on mismatches for acceptance rates for papers from emerging countries led to editorial reflection with a themed section (Infection problems in South-East Europe and neighbours. Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18: 1053-1156), and partly a discussion in the journal on this particular problem [1].…”

Impact factors of scientific journals: the new season

“…It is calculated based on the citations of the year 2012 on articles 2010 and 2011 divided by the number of articles in 2012. Because of backlog that had been accumulated in the time of publications, CMI issues were substantial with 421 papers published in 2009, 328 in 2010, 366 in 2011 and 385 in 2012 .…”

Birth of a New European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Journal

“…Microbes and infections ignore frontiers, but clinical microbiology does not: a recent survey by Didier Raoult, the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Microbiology and Infection , the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases journal, showed that papers from emerging countries were still under-represented among infectious diseases and clinical microbiology journals [ 1 ]. This is a shame not only for the scientists from these countries but also for the scientists engaged in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology at large, and for health authorities and populations.…”