Dept. Soil Sci. and Agric. Chem., Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Engineering Polytech. School, Campus Univ. S/n, 27002, Lugo, Spain.
INSTM and University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Environ Res. 2021 Oct;201:111606. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111606. Epub 2021 Jun 25.
The title of the Virtual Special Issue (VSI) "SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic microorganisms in the environment", clearly indicates a main focus not only on the virus causing the current pandemic, but also on other pathogenic microorganisms and their spatial and temporal dynamics in environmental compartments. Overall, the VSI has received more than 100 submissions relating to most of the possible fields connected to the pandemic, many of them of high scientific value. A rigorous peer-reviewing process has been carried out, with a panel of experts making a great work to evaluate that important number of submissions. As a result, those manuscripts reaching the highest scientific standards were selected for publication. We think that the papers included constitute a set of high-quality contributions, which should help to improve the overall scientific perspective regarding this crucial issue. In this piece, the Editors comment some issues on the papers accepted for publication, and include additional reflections.
虚拟特刊（VSI）的标题“环境中的 SARS-CoV-2 和其他致病微生物”，明确地不仅关注引起当前大流行的病毒，还关注环境介质中其他致病微生物及其时空动态。总体而言，VSI 收到了 100 多份与大流行相关的几乎所有可能领域的投稿，其中许多具有很高的科学价值。进行了严格的同行评审过程，专家小组进行了大量工作来评估如此多的投稿。结果，那些达到最高科学标准的手稿被选中发表。我们认为，所包含的论文构成了一组高质量的贡献，这应该有助于提高对这一关键问题的整体科学视角。在这篇文章中，编辑对已接受发表的论文评论了一些问题，并提出了其他的思考。
