Instructions for authors
About the Journal
Gut Microbes is an Open Access international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.
Open Access means you can publish your research so it is free to access online as soon as it is published, meaning anyone can read (and cite) your work. Please see our guide to Open Access for more information. Many funders mandate publishing your research open access; you can check open access funder policies and mandates here.
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Article Publishing Charge
The standard article publishing charge (APC) for this journal is $2950 USD, £2270 GBP, €2595 EUR for research articles and reviews; $1950 USD, £1500 GBP, €1715 EUR for brief reports and addenda; $1500 USD, £1155 GBP, €1320 EUR for commentaries, plus VAT or other local taxes where applicable in your country. There is no submission charge.
Find out more about article publishing charges and funding options.
For articles submitted before 16th June 2020, standard page charges to publish in Gut Microbes appear below. Publication cost forms will be provided to the corresponding author at the proofs stage. The completed form must be returned within 7 business days. Failure to return a completed form will result in delayed final publication of the Version of Record.
Research Paper: $110/page
Brief Report: $110/page
Review: $110/page
Commentary: $110/page
Supplementary Files: $110/total text, figures, tables
Supplementary Movies: $163/first movie + $56/subsequent movie files
Peer Review and Ethics
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be single blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Preparing Your Paper
All authors submitting to medicine, biomedicine, health sciences, and allied and public health journals should conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Research Papers/Reports
Should contain a structured abstract of 250 words. The primary goal of the abstract should be to make the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. References should not be cited in the abstract.
Should contain between 5 and 10 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Should be written with the following elements in the following order:
Introduction.
Results: Present results in a logical sequence in tables and illustrations. In the text, explain, emphasize or summarize the most important observations. Units of measurement should be expressed in accordance with Systeme International d'Unites (SI Units).
Discussion: Do not repeat in detail data given in the Results section. Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study. Relate observations to other relevant studies. On the basis of your findings (and others'), discuss possible implications/conclusions. When stating a new hypothesis, clearly label it as such.
Patients and Methods/Materials and Methods: Describe the selection of patients or experimental animals, including controls. Do not use patients' names or hospital numbers. Identify methods, apparatus (manufacturer's name and address) and procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. Provide references and brief descriptions of methods that have been published. When using new methods, evaluate their advantages and limitations. Identify drugs and chemicals, including generic name, dosage and route(s) of administration. Indicate whether the procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of Human Experimentation in your country, or are in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. For reagents listed in the Materials and Methods section, the company that supplied the reagent and the catalog number should be listed in parentheses; do not list the company location.
References: No more than 85.
Figure legends.
Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and include descriptive titles and legends.
Brief Reports
Should be no more than 15 pages, inclusive of the abstract, references.
Should contain a structured abstract of 150 words.
Should contain between 5 and 10 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
A total of four display items (Figures and Tables) are allowed.
Reviews
Should contain a structured abstract of 150 words.
Should contain between 5 and 10 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Reviews should be recognized as scholarly by specialists in the field being covered, but should also be written with a view to informing readers who are not specialized in that particular field, and should therefore be presented using simple prose. Please avoid excessive jargon and technical detail. Reviews should capture the broad developments and implications of recent work. The opening paragraph should make clear the general thrust of the review and provide a clear sense of why the review is now particularly appropriate. The concluding paragraph should provide the reader with an idea of how the field may develop or future problems to overcome, but should not summarize the article. To ensure that a review is accessible to as many readers as possible, it may be useful to ask a colleague from another discipline to read the review before submitting it. Submitted reviews are subject to the same page charges as full-length reports—whether and how page charges will apply for commissioned reviews will be determined upon each commission. Reviews should cite no more than 150 references.
Commentaries and Views
Should contain a structured abstract.
Should contain between 5 and 10 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Commentaries and Views may be short and focused opinion articles, commentaries on papers recently published in Gut Microbes or elsewhere, or commentaries on significant conceptual changes, important trends or new directions in the field. These may include figures and up to 30 references.
Article Addenda
Should be between 1000 and 3000 words.
Should contain a structured abstract of 150 words.
Should contain between 5 and 10 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Addenda are essentially an auto-commentary. The Editor or Editorial Board will solicit authors of the most significant recent and forthcoming papers, published elsewhere, to provide a short summary with additional insights, new interpretations or speculation on the relevant topic. These manuscripts may include data or models, which due to space limitations were not included or discussed in the original paper. In other words, the authors may provide biased and uncensored points of views, complementing their article. As with other papers published in Gut Microbes, Addenda will appear online and in print. Addenda will appear simultaneously, or very soon after, publication of the original paper. The typical length of an addendum will be approximately 1000-3,000 words and may include up to 50 references. There will be no page charges for Article Addenda and you are encouraged to include figures. Please include the following: Abstract (one paragraph of fewer than 150 words) The citation for the original article including the full author list, title of article and journal information should be included on the title page.
Letters to the Editor
Should be no more than 4500 words.
Should contain a structured abstract of 120 words.
Letters to the Editor are aimed at publishing short, but important, breakthrough data not embedded within a complex story. This can also be what is considered a Small Publishable Unit. In other words, data that is sufficient in itself to be published, but not a part of a larger story that would comprise an entire research article. Letters to the Editor can also be mini-reviews with a small addition of novel data. The abstract should not be longer than 120 words. The paper should be structured as a research paper (see above), but without the headings and subheadings. No more than 50 references.
Case Report
Should be no more than 2500 pages.
Should contain a structured abstract of 250 words. Case reports in Gut Microbes highlight unique presentations of GI infection and GI disease to expand current knowledge on infections and diseases caused by gut microbes, as well as new treatments and improvement of patient comfort. A case is worth publishing if it (1) advances basic understanding of a disease or disease process; (2) increases clinical skill; (3) suggests useful research. A useful case report should be factual, concise, logically organized, clearly presented, and readable.
The total report generally should be kept under 2,500 words and include the following sections:
Abstract: A single paragraph of up to 250 words that summarizes the case(s).
Keywords: For indexing purposes, 3-6 keywords should be included.
Introduction: A brief introduction about the infectious disease (causative agent, molecular biology, symptoms and epidemiology) and the treatment used.
Patient Presentation: This section should detail patient presentation, diagnosis and outcome.
Discussion: This section should include a brief review of the relevant literature and how this case brings new understanding to the disease or treatment process.
References: Generally up to 20.
Style Guidelines
Please refer to these quick style guidelines when preparing your paper, rather than any published articles or a sample copy.
Please use American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”. Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
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