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| FEMS Microbiology Letters | |
|---|---|
| Title | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
| Discipline | Microbiology |
| Abbreviation | FEMS Microbiol. Lett. |
| Publisher | Federation of European Microbiological Societies |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| History | 1977–present |
| Issn | 0378-1097 |
FEMS Microbiology Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes brief reports and rapid communications in the field of microbiology, offering a venue for timely dissemination of experimental and theoretical results. Established by European scholarly organizations, the journal serves as a platform connecting researchers across institutions such as the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Max Planck Society, University of Oxford, and Karolinska Institute, while intersecting with research centers like the Pasteur Institute, Sanger Institute, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Its readership includes members of societies such as the American Society for Microbiology, Royal Society, European Research Council, and professionals from laboratories at Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Cambridge.
The journal was founded in the late 1970s amid organizational developments involving the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, the Royal Society of London, and continental partners including the Max Planck Society and the Institut Pasteur, paralleling expansions in publishing by houses like Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley-Blackwell. Early editorial leadership drew on figures associated with institutions such as University College London, ETH Zurich, University of Paris, and University of Leiden, and the title evolved alongside contemporaneous journals like Nature, Science (journal), The Lancet, and Cell (journal). Over successive decades the journal adapted to changes triggered by initiatives from the European Commission, funding shifts from the Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation, and technological transitions exemplified by the rise of PubMed, arXiv, and bioRxiv.
The journal focuses on rapid communications in bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, microbial ecology, and molecular microbiology, attracting submissions from researchers at University of California, Berkeley, University of Tokyo, National Institutes of Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Australian National University. Typical topics intersect with work by investigators affiliated with Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Institut Pasteur, and projects funded by agencies like the National Science Foundation, European Research Council, and Medical Research Council. The content often relates to methods and findings relevant to outbreaks studied at centers such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and field sites linked to Kenya Medical Research Institute or Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Subfields overlap with research streams from groups at Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, and Imperial College London.
Published biweekly by publishers connected to scholarly societies such as the Federation of European Microbiological Societies and distributed in collaboration with publishing houses like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, and Springer Nature, the journal maintains editorial boards including scientists from University of Edinburgh, McGill University, University of Toronto, University of Melbourne, and Seoul National University. Editors typically have affiliations with institutions such as Karolinska Institute, University of Copenhagen, University of Groningen, and ETH Zurich, and peer review engages reviewers from networks spanning National Center for Biotechnology Information, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and national academies like Royal Society of Canada and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron. Publication policies have been influenced by statements from groups like the Committee on Publication Ethics and initiatives from Plan S proponents.
The journal is indexed in major bibliographic services comparable to Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed Central, and databases managed by organizations including the National Library of Medicine, European Bioinformatics Institute, and CrossRef. Metadata integration aligns with services like ORCID, DOI System, Clarivate Analytics, and aggregators used by libraries at British Library, Library of Congress, and Bibliothèque nationale de France. Indexing facilitates discovery in portals connected to Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and institutional repositories at universities such as Princeton University, Cornell University, and Utrecht University.
The journal's impact metrics are tracked by agencies like Clarivate Analytics and evaluated in contexts shaped by debates involving the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and policies from the European Commission. Reception among researchers at institutions such as Columbia University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and University of California, San Diego reflects its role for concise reports compared with longer-form venues like Journal of Bacteriology and Microbiology (Society); citation practices link to works appearing in PNAS, EMBO Journal, and mBio. Community discussions about the journal occur at conferences hosted by societies including the American Society for Microbiology, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and in forums attended by participants from Gordon Research Conferences and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meetings.
Significant short reports have addressed topics that intersect with landmark studies from researchers at University of California, San Francisco, Rockefeller University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Seoul National University Hospital, often preceding larger treatments in journals like Nature Microbiology or The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Contributions from laboratories associated with Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators, collaborative networks including CERN-adjacent data scientists, and consortia such as the Human Microbiome Project have appeared as rapid communications, influencing subsequent work cited by groups at Massachusetts General Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Access options include subscription models used by university libraries such as University of Michigan Library, Yale University Library, and national consortia like JISC and LIBER, as well as open access pathways advocated by Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Distribution leverages platforms maintained by providers like CrossRef, PubMed Central, and commercial vendors serving institutions including National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University. Digital archiving practices coordinate with repositories such as CLOCKSS and preservation initiatives at Portico and national libraries like Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Category:Microbiology journals Category:Academic journals established in 1977