Feature Papers in Hygiene 2026
A special issue of Hygiene (ISSN 2673-947X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 178
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food microbiology and safety; predictive microbiology; food biopreservation; molecular microbiology; high-throughput sequencing technologies; microbial risk assessment of foods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Hygiene, I am pleased to announce our collection, “Feature Papers in Hygiene 2026”. This initiative aims to showcase high-quality, impactful contributions from leading researchers worldwide, highlighting significant advances in the interdisciplinary fields of healthcare epidemiology, public health, and environmentally related hygiene.
We welcome both original research articles and comprehensive review papers that address cutting-edge developments, innovative methodologies, and critical insights in hygiene science. All accepted articles will be published under an open access license, ensuring immediate global availability and broad dissemination.
This collection seeks submissions on various topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- General hygiene: Oral and dental hygiene; hand hygiene; food hygiene; production hygiene; occupational hygiene; disinfection and sterilization; hygiene and epidemiology; regulation and practice policies.
- Healthcare epidemiology: Surveillance and prevention of healthcare-associated infections; design of healthcare premises.
- Public health: Disease surveillance; prevention of communicable diseases; infection prevention and control; health risk assessments; population health; susceptible populations; human biomonitoring.
- Global and environmental health: Health policy implications; sanitation and clean water; veterinary and livestock biosafety; cleanliness and health; tropical diseases.
Dr. Fernando Pérez-Rodriguez
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Hygiene is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- oral and dental hygiene
- hand hygiene
- food hygiene
- production hygiene
- occupational hygiene
- disinfection and sterilization
- hygiene and epidemiology
- healthcare epidemiology
- public health
- infection prevention and control
- global and environmental health
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