The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
Last updated ISSN 0022-1260
The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology is published by Microbiology Research Foundation in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Enzyme Production and Characterization
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Key facts
| Publisher | Microbiology Research Foundation |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-1260, 1349-8037 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,253 |
| Publishing since | 1955 |
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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