About the prize

In the first month of each year, Editors-in-Chief of EMI will announce the selection of up to 4 papers published in the previous year based on the novelty, scientific significance, and potential impact to the clinical practice and global health in the field of emerging infectious diseases.

A big achievement - EMI 2018 Impact Factor reached 6.212*

Dr. Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD, serving as the associate editor of Emerging Microbes & Infections (EMI), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), an honor signifying that a researcher has made outstanding contributions to the field.

Time & Location: October 12, 2018, 1F, Fuxing Building, Fudan University Medical school, Shanghai, China

Following the past 6 years’progress, EMI’s Editorial Board was reorganized in September, 2018 to fit the development in the coming years. On October 12, 2018, the new Editorial Board held its first meeting in Shanghai. Co-Editors-in-chiefs, Prof Yu-Mei Wen, Prof Hans-Dieter Klenk and Prof Shan Lu, Associate editors, Prof Yi-Wei Tang, Prof Wenhong Zhang, Prof Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, and about 20 other editorial board members attended the meeting.