19 July 2019
The Microbiology Society is upgrading its platform. The release of the upgraded microbiologyresearch.org platform is scheduled for August 2019, with new functionality coming on stream later in 2019. The aim is to deliver a seamless transition to the upgraded platform, and it is anticipated that the platform will only be unavailable for a few hours.
How will URLs and DOIs be affected?
The platform URL will remain microbologyresearch.org. While many URLs will change when the platform migrates, a comprehensive set of redirects will be put in place that will persist for the lifetime of the platform, so there should be no interruption to access to journals. Those who link out to journal subdomains are recommended to update links out to microbiologyresearch.org to optimise user experience.
All DOIs will remain the same. DOIs will be reregistered with Crossref to point to the URLs on the new platform. More detailed information is available on the Library FAQs page.