Microorganisms Exceptional Reviewers List 2024

We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2024. This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars who have delivered consistently exceptional review reports to our journal. Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, Microorganisms (ISSN: 2076-2607) recognizes the significant role that our reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the articles we publish. According to surveys conducted in 2023, 91% of our authors rate our peer-review process as good or excellent thanks to our pool of excellent reviewers.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in Microorganisms’s peer-review process. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering valuable feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are truly commendable.

The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in 2024, and we will be selecting a group of outstanding reviewers and introducing them here every quarter.

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Name: Dr. Matthias Gimpel Affiliation: TU Berlin Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Ackerstraße 76, 13355 Berlin, Germany	Name: Dr. Claudia Marcela Arenas Gómez Affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, La Paz, Colombia
Name: Dr. Bouayad Noureddin Affiliation: Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tetouan, Morocco	Name: Dr. Dayane Moraes Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
Name: Dr. Julija Armalyte Affiliation: Vilnius University, Life Sciences Center, Institute of Biosciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vilnius, Lithuania	Name: Dr. Ana María Calderón De La Barca Affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C. Hermosillo, Sonora, México
Name: Dr. Marcelo Boriollo Affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (FOP/UNICAMP), 901 Limeira Ave, Piracicaba 13414-903, SP, Brazil	Name: Dr. Nemanja Zdravkovic Affiliation: Scientific Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Janisa Janulisa 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Name: Dr. Martyna Kasela Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 1, 20-093 Lublin, Poland	Name: Dr. Michelle Allen Affiliation: UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Name: Dr. Marco Lalle Affiliation: Istituto Superiore Di Sanita, Rome, Department of Infectious, Rome, Italy	Name: Dr. Lee R Haines Affiliation: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Name: Dr. Elżbieta Hać-Szymańczuk Affiliation: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, Warsaw, Poland	Name: Dr. John D. Perry Affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
Name: Dr. Francesco Faggioli Affiliation: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Centro di Ricerca Difesa e Certificazione, Via C.G. Bertero, 22, 00156, Rome, Italy	Name: Dr. Peter Ivanov Hristov Affiliation: Department of Animal Diversity and Resources, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Name: Prof. Dorota Formanowicz Affiliation: Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland	Name: Dr. Giacomo Fais Affiliation: University of Cagliari, Italy
Name: Dr. Marcos Busanello Affiliation: High Uruguay and Missions Regional Integrated University, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, 98400-000, Brazil	Name: Dr. Trevor Williams Affiliation: Instituto de Ecología AC, Xalapa, Mexico
Name: Prof. Maria de Lurdes Nunes Enes Dapkevicius Affiliation: University of the Azores: Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal	Name: Dr. Elizabeth Goya-Jorge Affiliation: North Carolina State University, USA
Name: Prof. Dr. Vladimir R. Kaberdin Affiliation: Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, Spain	Name: Dr. José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna Affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco 56230, Mexico
Name: Dr. Khald Blau Affiliation: Department of Microbiology–Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, 26723 Emden, Germany	Name: Dr. Bruna Leal Maske Affiliation: Department of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba 80230-901, PR, Brazil
Name: Dr. Sandra Pérez Affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Tandil, Argentina	Name: Dr. Elena Krachmarova Affiliation: Instituto de Ecología AC, Xalapa, Mexico
Name: Dr. Javier Seravalli Affiliation: Federal University of Campina Grande, Av. Aprigio Veloso, 882, 58400-900 Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil	Name: Dr. Elizabeth Durán-Campos Affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

See what our reviewers say about the review process of Microorganisms:

“I am an animal scientist and the main topics revised in Microorganisms journal are related to animal science. Special focus is applied to animal production, milk quality, and dairy cattle health. Specific topics involve mastitis-causing pathogens and epidemiological indexes.”—Dr. Marcos Busanello

“My experience as a reviewer for Microorganisms is positive. The website is easy to use, and the editors promptly responded when presented with ethical issues in manuscripts. Although the number of allocated characters does not allow for that, I’d like to add that the supporting staff are very kind and helpful. On a less positive note, I’d like to say that one week is often too short to complete an in-depth review. Especially when presented with long, dense manuscripts, with review papers, or with manuscripts on very novel or very complex themes, MDPI would benefit from increasing the review time to two weeks. I know that the short revision times are emblematic of this publisher and can be viewed as one of its strong points by some; however, they are also one of its shortcomings in the opinion of many in the scientific community. Extending them slightly might be beneficial in terms of image.”—Dr. Maria De Lurdes Dapkevicius

“It was my pleasure to review manuscripts submitted to Microorganisms. I highly value the assistance of the Editorial Office that makes the process of reviewing convenient and professional.”—Dr. Vladimir R. Kaberdin

“My experience as a reviewer for Microorganisms has been excellent. The guidelines and deadlines provided by the editors have helped me to schedule better and provide more thorough and detailed reviews for each manuscript. I believe that the important thing is to help authors achieve the highest quality in their manuscripts but in a respectful manner.”—Dr. José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna

“To ensure that submitted research meets the highest standards of scientific quality and integrity, I carefully evaluate the originality, methodological rigor, data interpretation, and overall importance of the scientific papers that I review. The peer-review process has improved my comprehension of the peer-review procedure and sharpened my ability to provide authors with helpful, practical criticism. While respecting the authors’ efforts, my reviews seek to improve the research’s significance, accuracy, and clarity. Reviewing process has given me a strong eye for recognizing potential methodological problems, gaps in data interpretation, and areas that need to be clarified more.” —Dr. Elena Krachmarova

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