Current Opinion in Microbiology
Last updated ISSN 1369-5274
Current Opinion in Microbiology is published by Elsevier BV in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,800.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Current Opinion in Microbiology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Gut microbiota and health
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1369-5274, 1879-0364 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,800 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,499 |
| Publishing since | 1978 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/current-opinion-in-microbi |
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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