Aims & Scope

The journal publishes full length research articles as well as brief reports, minireviews, opinion articles and highlights.

The scope of the Journal encompasses the diversity of current research on microbial processes in the environment, microbial communities, interactions and evolution and includes, but is not limited to, the following: • the structure, activities and communal behaviour of microbial communities • microbial community genetics and evolutionary processes • microbial symbioses, microbial interactions and interactions with plants, animals and abiotic factors • microbes in the tree of life, microbial diversification and evolution • microbiomes and holobionts • population biology and clonal structure • microbial metabolic and structural diversity • microbial physiology, growth and survival • primary and secondary metabolism in the environment • microbes and surfaces, adhesion and biofilms • responses to environmental signals and stress factors • modelling and theory development • pollution microbiology • microbial ecology of pathogens • extremophiles and life in extreme and unusual little-explored habitats • element cycles and biogeochemical processes • microbes in a changing world, microbially-influenced global changes • systems biology and computational predictions • evolution and diversity of archaeal and bacterial viruses • new technological developments in microbial ecology and evolution, in particular for the study of activities of microbial communities, non-culturable microorganisms and emerging pathogens • single cell microbial ecology Interdisciplinary studies of fundamental problems are particularly welcome.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 2.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.858

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 90

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 6120

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 834

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.


Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
2.7
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.858
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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