Microbiome
Last updated ISSN 2049-2618
Microbiome is published by BioMed Central in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $4,990.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Microbiome concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Gut microbiota and health
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Key facts
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2049-2618 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $4,990 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 2,535 |
| Publishing since | 1967 |
| Journal website | microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/ |
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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