Journal of Microbiology and Pathology

Special Issue: Structural Pathology of COVID 19

Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major health concern and can be devastating, especially for the elderly. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Although much is known about the mortality of the clinical disease, much less is known about its pathobiology. Although details of the cellular responses to this virus are not known, a probable course of events can be postulated based on past studies with SARS-CoV. A cellular biology perspective is useful for framing research questions and explaining the clinical course by focusing on the areas of the respiratory tract that are involved. Based on the cells that are likely infected, COVID-19 can be divided into three phases that correspond to different clinical stages of the disease.

Special Issue Guidelines

Proposal Preparation

The journal welcomes proposals for creating special issues that fall within the scope of the Acute and Chronic Disease Reports published by Hilaris SRL. The special issue aims at exploring new, relevant, and most compelling dimensions in the field of Addiction research and therapy that missed a mention in the journal on a regular basis.

• Title of the proposed special issue

• Purpose and current relevance

• List of topics to be covered

• List of potential contributors

• Guest Editor(s) and Reviewers

• Address, phone, e-mail, and fax of guest editors and reviewers

• Tentative deadlines for submission and review process (Timeline for submission, review, and final acceptance)

All proposals should be submitted to www.scholarscentral.org/submissions/microbiology-pathology.html

Role of EB Members

• Review the special issue proposals for relevance to current research in the concerned field.

• Recommend suitable proposals and their guest editors along with their biographies. Once a proposal has been accepted by the EB members for creating a special issue, the corresponding guest editors will be responsible for handling and processing of the special issue articles.

Role of Guest Editor(s)

• State the importance of the proposed special issue theme and explain how the special issue articles will contribute towards advancing the scope of the journal. • Suggest potential authors and invite them for contributing relevant articles for the proposed special issue.

• Suggest a minimum of 3-5 reviewers for the manuscripts submitted towards the special issue.

• Carry out all communications with potential authors and reviewers concerning author guidelines for manuscript preparation and reviewing.

• Prepare a timeline and schedule for the release of special issue articles. This should include a timeline for manuscript preparation, review process, and final submission.

• Oversee the submission of final edited versions of the contributing articles along with the contact information of all corresponding authors.

• Include a short editorial for the topic of interest written either by the guest editor or by any of the contributors.

Submission Process

• Special issue articles can include both original unpublished research articles and review articles related to the specific theme.

• Manuscripts will be accepted for publishing in the special issue only after getting approved by the peer review committee [selected by the guest editor(s)].

• All the articles in special issues should strictly adhere to journal style and formatting.

• Each special issue can be created with 10-15 articles.

• All accepted manuscripts can be submitted online via https://www.scholarscentral.org/submissions/microbiology-pathology.html. Submission should be accompanied by a cover letter with reference to the concerned special issue theme.

• Accepted manuscripts submitted before the deadline will be published within the given timeframe for the respective journal publication.

Once accepted and published, all special issues will be released under an open access system through Hilaris SRL and will be freely available for reading, downloading, and printing.