Scope
Clinical Microbiology Reviews® (CMR) accepts reviews that are of primary interest to clinical microbiologists, medical microbiologists and immunologists, public health workers, infectious disease clinicians, and others who are interested in the pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, epidemiology, and control of human and veterinary pathogens. The articles should present comprehensive, critical summaries of current knowledge in the field and should not be limited to a discussion of the author's work. Sufficient historical or other background material may be included for those readers who are not current with the latest advances in the particular field. If the material covered is controversial, the author should attempt to provide balanced coverage. Appropriate reviews would include those addressing pathogenic mechanisms, specific or groups of microbial pathogens, clinical and laboratory aspects of newly recognized or reemerging infectious diseases, recently developed antimicrobial agents and their application, and new diagnostic laboratory technology.
The editors welcome any suggestions for topics and authors from either prospective authors or others. Prospective authors are advised to discuss with the editor in chief the suitability of their proposed contribution. The preparation of an annotated topical outline is required, since it often elicits constructive suggestions from editorial consultants. In addition, a list of key references showing the author's contributions to the field as well as other investigators' findings and a one- or two-paragraph statement detailing the aim, scope, and relevance of the review should be included with the outline.
All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo rigorous peer review similar to that carried out by other ASM journals. Whether a submission is solicited or unsolicited, the editors of CMR do not guarantee that a manuscript will be accepted for publication unless it meets the journal's high standards.