Instructions for Authors
Submission Checklist
Please:
read the Aims & Scope to gain an overview and assess if your manuscript is suitable for this journal;
Aims
Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382) is an open access, peer reviewed journal on all aspects of antibiotics. Antibiotics is a multi-disciplinary journal encompassing the general fields of biochemistry, chemistry, genetics, microbiology and pharmacology. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on the length of papers.
Unique features of this journal:
•manuscripts regarding original research and ideas will be particularly welcomed. Antibiotics also accepts reviews, clinical studies and case reports, communications, and short notes.
•computed data or files regarding the full details of experimental procedures can be deposited as supplementary material.
Scope
•advances in research on new and current antibiotics and related bioactive medicinal agents
•antibiotic administration, drug-drug interactions and pharmacodynamics
•biochemical and genetics studies on microorganisms for improved antibiotics
•uses of antibiotics, including on animals and in agriculture
•clinical trials
•new methods for assaying and evaluating antibiotics
•production and characterization of antibiotics
•classes of antibiotics
•antibiotic resistance and misuse
•natural antibiotics
•epidemiology of antimicrobial use
•antimicrobial stewardship
•qualitative and quantitative research exploring the determinants of antimicrobial use and resistance
•prescribing sciences
use the Microsoft Word template or LaTeX template to prepare your manuscript;
make sure that issues about publication ethics, research ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, data and references format have been appropriately considered;
Ensure that all authors have approved the content of the submitted manuscript.
Authors are encouraged to add a biography (optional) to the submission and publish it.
Manuscript Submission Overview
Types of Publications
Antibiotics has no restrictions on the length of manuscripts, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive. Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Antibiotics requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible (see the guidelines on Supplementary Materials and references to unpublished data).
Manuscripts submitted to Antibiotics should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. The main article types are as follows:
Articles: Original research manuscripts. The journal considers all original research manuscripts provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments and provides a substantial amount of new information. Authors should not unnecessarily divide their work into several related manuscripts, although short Communications of preliminary, but significant, results will be considered. The quality and impact of the study will be considered during peer review.
Articles should have a main text of around 3000 words at minimum and should have more than 30 references. Antibiotics has no restrictions on the maximum length of research manuscripts, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive.
Reviews: These provide concise and precise updates on the latest progress made in a given area of research. Systematic reviews should follow the PRISMA guidelines. The main text of review papers should be around 4000 words at minimum and include at least two figures or tables.
Perspectives: Perspectives are opinion or commentary articles that express personal opinions about existing studies that have great impact on the antibiotics research community. Perspectives should have a main text of around 2000 words at minimum, with at least 20 references. The same requirements apply to communications, brief reports, and other similar publication types.
Submission Process
Manuscripts for Antibiotics should be submitted online at susy.mdpi.com. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list (read the criteria to qualify for authorship) and that they have all read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript. To submit your manuscript, register and log in to the submission website. Once you have registered, click here to go to the submission form for Antibiotics. All co-authors can see the manuscript details in the submission system, if they register and log in using the e-mail address provided during manuscript submission.
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