ANNUAL REPORT AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY JOURNALS 2019/20 2019/20 ANNUAL REPORT The past months have taught ASM JOURNALS STAFF the world the importance of LEADERSHIP Melissa Junior Rebecca Alvania microbiology. Adar Luckey ASM Journals is publishing information that is at the forefront of research on SARS- CoV-2 and COVID-19. We should be proud that our Journals program is the primary EDITORIAL forum for learning about the biology, epidemiology, treatment, and testing of this Miriam Day horrible disease. Although we could not predict the current pandemic, we could Heather Drought predict that the ASM Journals program would rise to the occasion. Our ability to Nicole Glenn Maisha Miles serve the scientific community and public is due to the excellent reputation that Diane Smith the program has developed over the past century. Supported by outstanding ASM Jasmine Wallace staff, our journals are editorially led by active scientists from all areas of microbiology Laurie Webby who have the goal of publishing the best research of their peers. Our peers regularly comment on the pleasure of working within our peer review system and with staff PRODUCTION to publish their latest work. While most scientific publishers grapple with declining Rob Arthur submissions, ASM Journals has grown. Charles Brown Manuel Cavazos The Journals program is constantly striving to innovate so that we are always Stephanie D’Agostino ready to help move science forward. For example, the past year has seen greater Amanda Donaldson emphasis on openness in publishing. We have been working on facilitating Karen Esplin openness in peer review with open peer review at mSystems, and we are accepting Ellie Ghatineh peer review reports from other publishers when an author submits their manuscript Jeff Herring to an ASM journal. We have strengthened our open data policies so that future David Jackson Jess Kanotz scientists can more easily build off of work published in our journals and increase the Stefanie Kowalski impact of publications in our journals. We are also asking authors to be transparent Mike Lerman about the roles of each author in a publication. Among society publishers, ASM is at Noel Lin the forefront of openness. Rob Masson Julie Nachman The Journals program is excited to continue our process of transitioning to a fully Chad Nelson open access publication model. This was initiated with our newest journals, which Malinda Reid are published under a “Gold” open access model, and complemented by our core Barb Slinker journals, which are published under a hybrid model. Our next step is to transition Tasha Thomasian Microbiology Spectrum, a journal that publishes monographs, to Spectrum, a journal Becky Zwadyk that will publish original research articles. Spectrum will become a Gold open COPYEDITING access journal that publishes manuscripts from across the field of microbiology that describe scientifically sound results. Following the change toSpectrum , we will begin John N. Bell to transition each of our core titles to the Gold open access model. Cathy Blickendorfer Joe Carey Karen MacKavanagh Despite the challenges our world faces, this is an exciting time to be a Margaret Milhous microbiologist. We are proud to be able to serve our authors and readers. ONLINE PUBLISHING Pat Schloss Alex Collery Chair, Journals Committee David Haber Deborah Plavin SALES Jason Kraft Kathleen Kurtts EDITORS PAGE ASM Journals thanks those Editors who are retiring for their many years of service and welcomes newly appointed Editors. RETIRING EDITORS IN CHIEF LOU RICE MICHAEL BUCHMEIER AAC MMBR EDITORS SEVTAP ARIKAN-AKDAGLI PETER GILLIGAN ANDREW B. ONDERDONK AAC CMR JCM DAVID M. SHLAES RANDALL HAYDEN ADOLFO GARCIA-SASTRE AAC CMR JVI CLAIRE VIEILLE LIHUA XIAO JEREMY W. THORNER AEM CMR MCB DONALD SCHAFFNER KAREN C. CARROLL MARIBETH EIDEN AEM JCM MMBR KATHLEEN BEAVIS GEOFFREY A. LAND STEPHEN D. BELL CMR JCM MMBR NEW APPOINTMENTS EDITORS IN CHIEF CESAR ARIAS CORRIE DETWEILER AAC MMBR EDITORS/SR. EDITORS RYAN SHIELDS KNUT RUDI KANTA SUBBARAO AAC AEM JVI ANNE-CATRIN UHLEMANN BOBBI PRITT KUMARAN RAMAMURTHI AAC CMR MMBR ANDREAS H. GROLL CHRISTOPHER STALEY FEDERICO REY AAC CMR MMBR BOUDEWIJN DEJONGE CHRISTINE TURENNE AMY SCHMID AAC JCM MMBR BENJAMIN HOWDEN ERIN McELVANIA KATRINE WHITESON AAC JCM mSystems JEREMY D. SEMRAU PATRICIA SIMNER AEM JCM AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY JOURNALS 3 2019/20 ANNUAL REPORT RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Papers highlighted here are the most read Research Article or Review at an ASM journal. “Most read” is defined as the article with the highest downloads within the first six months after the publication date. METHYLATION WARFARE: INTERACTION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL BACTERIOPHAGES WITH THEIR HOST Journal of Bacteriology 10.1128/jb.00370-19 SITUATIONS LEADING TO MOLECULAR MECHANISM REDUCED EFFECTIVENESS FOR ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT OF CURRENT HAND HYGIENE ENHANCEMENT OF AGAINST INFECTIOUS MUCUS CORONAVIRUS ENTRY FROM INFLUENZA VIRUS- Journal of Virology INFECTED PATIENTS 10.1128/jvi.02015-19 mSphere 10.1128/msphere.00474-19 A LABORATORY MEDICINE CLINICAL DATA ON DAPTOMYCIN THE WASHING MACHINE AS A BEST PRACTICES SYSTEMATIC PLUS CEFTAROLINE VERSUS RESERVOIR FOR TRANSMISSION REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF STANDARD OF CARE OF EXTENDED-SPECTRUM- NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION MONOTHERAPY IN THE BETA-LACTAMASE TESTS (NAATs) AND ALGORITHMS TREATMENT OF METHICILLIN- (CTX-M-15)-PRODUCING INCLUDING NAATs FOR THE RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA ST201 DIAGNOSIS OF CLOSTRIDIOIDES AUREUS BACTEREMIA TO NEWBORNS IN (CLOSTRIDIUM) DIFFICILE Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Applied and Environmental Microbiology ADULTS 10.1128/aac.02483-18 10.1128/aem.01435-19 Clinical Microbiology Reviews 10.1128/cmr.00032-18 CROSS-DOMAIN AND VIRAL SUPPRESSION OF OBESITY INTERACTIONS IN THE BY AN INTESTINAL MICROBIOME HELMINTH THROUGH INTERACTIONS WITH Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 10.1128/mmbr.00044-18 INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA Infection and Immunity 10.1128/iai.00042-19 COMPLETE GENOME SOCIAL-STRESS-RESPONSIVE SEQUENCE OF A VIRULENT MICROBIOTA INDUCES AFRICAN SWINE FEVER STIMULATION OF SELF-REACTIVE VIRUS FROM A DOMESTIC EFFECTOR T HELPER CELLS PIG IN UKRAINE mSystems 10.1128/msystems.00292-18 Microbiology Resource Announcements 10.1128/mra.00883-19 DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF ISOLATION AND STOOL XPERT MTB/RIF FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF LIVE DETECTION OF PULMONARY YEAST CELLS FROM ANCIENT TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN: VESSELS AS A TOOL IN A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND BIO-ARCHAEOLOGY META-ANALYSIS mBio 10.1128/mbio.00388-19 Journal of Clinical Microbiology 10.1128/jcm.02057-18 CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION REGULATES BIOGENESIS AND CELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF LIPID DROPLETS Molecular and Cellular Biology 10.1128/mcb.00374-18 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY JOURNALS 5 2019/20 ANNUAL REPORT RECENT INITIATIVES AT ASM JOURNALS OPEN PEER REVIEW OPEN DATA POLICY In September 2019 mSystems launched a pilot project allowing ASM Journals launched an open data policy in 2019. The authors to post the peer review history online with their policy defines the minimal data set that is required for a published paper. Roughly 25% of mSystems authors have published paper, when data must be made available, and opted into OPR. A full analysis of the pilot will be conducted in acceptable data-sharing methods. Since launch, 53% of ASM September so that mSystems can determine whether to turn Journals authors (over 2000 manuscripts) have included a the pilot into a permanent feature. The analysis will be shared Data Availability statement in their published paper detailing across the program as well. where readers can find the original data supporting the paper’s conclusions. CRediT TAXONOMY In fall 2019, all ASM Journals began offering the option of using EXPEDITED REVIEW the CRediT taxonomy to assign author contributions. CRediT ASM Journals now allows authors to submit manuscripts was designed by the non-profit CASRAI to create a controlled accompanied by peer review comments from another journal. vocabulary of typical contributions in scholarly research, with A goal of this policy is to limit rounds of peer review and the aim of reducing potential authorship disputes and allowing reduce the time it takes authors to publish their work. We will greater transparency and visibility to authors. Since launch, monitor the turnaround times for these articles in order to over 1300 authors across ASM Journals have opted in to using assess the time savings for authors. the CRediT roles. FORMAT NEUTRAL SUBMISSIONS online publication (compared to 80 days for non-expedited papers) and 11 days from acceptance to online publication ASM Journals have adopted a fully format neutral policy, (compared to 23 days for non-expedited papers). After a call to wherein authors do not need to format their manuscript the mSphere and mBio Editorial Boards for volunteers to serve according to ASM Journals style at initial submission. as SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 reviewers, 25 individuals offered their expertise and time; 50% were early career researchers COVID-19 and 50% were women. We proactively share content with the Since the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 outbreak World Health Organization and encourage authors to post ASM Journals has prioritized fast turnaround of relevant content preprints of their work. ASM Journals has created a and ensured wide accessibility of our published papers, while SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 resource page that includes all maintaining the same high standards for quality. All SARS- related content from across the program; all published SARS- CoV-2/COVID-19 manuscripts are expedited in peer review and CoV-2/COVID-19 papers are freely available and included in a production, with an average time of 33 days from submission to PubMed Central collection for text and data mining. UPCOMING INITIATIVES FOR ASM JOURNALS ATYPON MIGRATION METADATA REGISTRY PILOT Over the coming months ASM Journals will be migrating our In fall 2020, mSystems will participate in a pilot with the National online platform management from HighWire to Atypon, with Microbiome Data Collaborative and Lawrence Berkeley the goal of launching on Atypon in spring 2021.