Nature Publishing Group (NPG), in partnership with the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) is delighted to announce the launch of a new international publication: The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology. The journal will be available in print and online from May, and is welcoming submissions for the first issues. Submit now at the journal’s website.

The ISME Journal is a cooperative effort between ISME and NPG, and will join NPG’s stable of highly respected journals in the discipline, including Nature Reviews Microbiology, Nature Immunology and EMBO Journal. All research published will receive high exposure through online hosting on nature.com, extensive press coverage and rapid publication. The editorial team is led by George Kowalchuk, Mark Bailey and John Heidelberg, and will include a highly respected international editorial board.