About IAI
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31
Avg Days to First Decision
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10
Avg Days to Publication from Acceptance*
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97%
of Published Articles Cited within Two Years of Publication**
Features
- Spotlights
- Commentaries
- Minireviews
- Editorials
- Indexed/Abstracted in: Agricola, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents- Life Sciences, EMBASE, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Illustrata, Index Medicus, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index (Web of Science), Summon, and more.
Scope
- Molecular Pathogenesis
- Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
- Bacterial Infections
- Host-Associated Microbial Communities in Health and Disease
- Host Response and Inflammation
- Fungal and Parasitic Infections
- Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
- Molecular Genomics
- Interaction of Microbial Communities with Their Host
About the Journal
Editor in Chief
Andreas J. Bäumler,
University of California at Davis
12 Monthly Issues
Online only
Print ISSN: 0019-9567
Online ISSN: 1098-5522
Why We're Different
Edited by Working Scientists
Quick Decisions, Rapid Publication, and Impactful Citations
Format-Neutral Submissions
For initial submissions, IAI welcomes papers in any format (format-neutral submissions). At this stage, authors are encouraged to upload a single PDF that incorporates the full text, tables, and figures. The reference style, the arrangement of sections of the paper, and other formatting issues are at the discretion of the author at initial submission.
Peer review averages above are based on 2019 data.
* This number reflects the accepted manuscript posting date.
** Citation data is from Web of Science for the 2016-2017 time period.
UPDATED March 2020