As part of the Microbiology Society portfolio, the Journal of Medical Microbiology provides comprehensive coverage of medical, dental and veterinary microbiology and infection biology (‘infection science’ for short). We welcome a range of submissions spanning laboratory research to clinical trials, including bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, infectious diseases, human and veterinary public health.


We welcome articles reporting novel, original research findings that go beyond descriptive or factual reporting of observations. For example, acceptable content might uncover underlying mechanisms, explain previously observed phenomena, or provide a novel interpretation. We also encourage basic research on the biology of human and veterinary pathogens, set in the context of infection or immunity, and prefer a strong connection to a specific infection(s) for host-centred topics such as host cell biology or immunology.

We publish articles under the following subject categories:
•Clinical microbiology: medical bacteriology, mycology, parasitology and related entomology, and virology.

•Public health microbiology: high consequence investigations of case clusters, outbreaks, surveillance, emerging and epidemic infections.

•Mechanisms of microbial disease: virulence factors and their mechanism of actions, their role in host-microbe interactions, novel insights into pathogenesis and pathogenicity.

•Antimicrobial countermeasures: preventive measures and novel therapeutic approaches in combating microbial infections; drug discovery; basic science research to identify vaccine and drug targets.

•Veterinary microbiology: diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi in animals; including zoonoses and aquaculture.


Crossing into more than one of the above categories, the below cross-disciplinary themes are of particular interest to the journal:
•Antimicrobial resistance: detection, control and prevention of antimicrobial susceptibility in bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites of medical importance.

•Microbiome and microbial ecology in health: the normal microbiome and dysbiosis, and structure of microbial ecosystems and communities.

•One Health: emerging, zoonotic and environmental diseases.