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Microbiology (journal)

Microbiology

Abbreviated title	none
Discipline	Microbiology
Language	English
Publication details
Publisher	Society for General Microbiology (UK)
Publication history	Journal of General Microbiology (1947–93); Microbiology (from 1994)
Frequency	12 per year
Open access	after 12 months
Impact factor	3.139 (2006)
Indexing
ISSN	1350-0872 (print) 1465-2080 (web)
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Microbiology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in all aspects of microbiology, including the biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, physiology, pathogenicity, biodiversity, evolution and genetics of microorganisms and viruses of microorganisms. It also covers plant–microbe interactions, and environmental and theoretical microbiology. The journal is published monthly by the Society for General Microbiology, from Reading, UK.

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Established in January 1947 as the Journal of General Microbiology, it was renamed Microbiology in 1994.^[1] As of 2007, its Editor-in-Chief is Charles J. Dorman (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland).

Content from 1997 is available online in PDF and text formats. Papers are currently available free 12 months after print publication; additionally, selected papers considered of special importance are made freely available ahead of publication.

Its 2006 impact factor was 3.139.^[2]