About the Journal — Microbiology
About Microbiology
ISSNs: 1350-0872 (Print); 1465-2080 (Online)
Microbiology (formerly Journal of General Microbiology) is one of the world's leading microbiological journals. For over 60 years it has been publishing high-quality research across the whole spectrum of the subject. Microbiology is published by the , a learned society that promotes microbiology at all levels.
Microbiology's impact
- is 2.835 and a strong 5-year Impact factor (3.235)
- of 0.03189 and Article influence score of 1.095
- Long cited half-life of 8.7.
Features of Microbiology include:
- Completely free publication and no colour figure charges
- Wide-ranging and rigorously peer-reviewed research papers and reviews
- User-friendly and peer review
- Papers in Press – advance online publication of manuscripts accepted for publication in Microbiology
- Automatic deposition of papers in PubMed Central*
- A Microbiology Comment section for responses from readers on articles published in the journal
- Occasional special issues focusing on subjects of particular interest
- An international Editorial Board with expertise across the whole of microbiology
- Over 3000 pages published per annual volume
- Excellent editorial and production standards
- Corresponding authors receive a link to download their published PDF
- Immediate open access option with SGM Open
*Some conditions apply.
Submission of papers
Papers for publication must be submitted via our online submission system, . Please see the Information for Authors for guidelines on how to prepare a paper for publication.
Publication dates
The scheduled and actual publication dates for Microbiology from 2005 to present are available here. For publication dates prior to 2005, please contact the Managing Editor.
Editorial Office
All queries should be directed to Hayley Hewitt (Editorial Manager):
Society for General Microbiology
Charles Darwin House
Last updated 3rd September 2014