Cell Host & Microbe
Last updated ISSN 1931-3128
Cell Host & Microbe is published by Cell Press in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $10,400.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Cell Host & Microbe concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Gut microbiota and health
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- HIV Research and Treatment
- interferon and immune responses
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Cell Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1931-3128, 1934-6069 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $10,400 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,649 |
| Publishing since | 1993 |
| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell-host-and-microbe |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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