Microbiology (journal)
Microbiology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research in all aspects of microbiology, including the biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, physiology, pathogenicity, biodiversity, biotechnology, evolution, and genetics of microorganisms and their viruses. It also covers plant-microbe interactions, and environmental and theoretical microbiology. The journal is published monthly by the Microbiology Society. It was established in January 1947 as the Journal of General Microbiology and obtained its current name in 1994.[1] Since 2020, the editor-in-chief is Gavin Thomas (University of York), who took over from Tanya Parish (Seattle Children's), who served since 2015. The microbiologist and science writer Sir John Postgate FRS was editor from 1969-1974.
Discipline | Microbiology |
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Language | English |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Journal of General Microbiology |
History | 1947–present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Monthly |
Hybrid, delayed after 12 months | |
1.866 (2017) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) |
NLM | Microbiology |
Indexing | |
CODEN | MIBLAO |
ISSN | 1350-0872 (print) 1465-2080 (web) |
OCLC no. | 29693815 |
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Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.866.[4]
References
- Postgate, J. (1995). "Fifty years of the SGM". Trends in Microbiology. 3 (7): 249–50. doi:10.1016/S0966-842X(00)88935-0. PMID 7551634.
- "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- "Source details: Microbiology". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- "Microbiology". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.