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| Frontiers in Microbiology | |
|---|---|
| Title | Frontiers in Microbiology |
| Discipline | Microbiology |
| Abbreviation | Front. Microbiol. |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Frequency | Continuous |
| History | 2010–present |
| License | Creative Commons |
Frontiers in Microbiology is a peer-reviewed open-access journal covering research on microorganisms, microbial communities, and their interactions with environments and hosts. It operates under the Frontiers Media publishing platform and serves researchers working on bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, microbial ecology, and related applied fields. The journal emphasizes rapid dissemination, research transparency, and community-driven editorial processes.
Frontiers in Microbiology publishes original research, reviews, methods, and opinion pieces that span laboratory studies, field surveys, and computational analyses. Its editorial boards draw on scholars affiliated with institutions such as Harvard University, Max Planck Society, National Institutes of Health, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, University of Tokyo, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Université PSL, University of Oxford, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The platform’s model situates the journal among other open-access publications like PLoS ONE, Nature Communications, eLife, Scientific Reports, and BMC Microbiology. Frontiers in Microbiology’s content is commonly read alongside articles from Cell Host & Microbe, The ISME Journal, Journal of Bacteriology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, and Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews.
Launched in 2010 by Frontiers Media, the journal grew during a period when open-access publishing expanded through platforms such as Public Library of Science, BioMed Central, and newer entrants like PeerJ. Early editorial strategy engaged researchers from networks including European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, and the Institut Pasteur. Throughout the 2010s, developments in high-throughput sequencing from centers like Broad Institute, J. Craig Venter Institute, and European Bioinformatics Institute influenced submission types. Debates about publishing models invoked policy discussions involving organizations such as the European Commission, Wellcome Trust, and National Institutes of Health, shaping licensing and data-sharing expectations in the journal’s evolution.
The journal’s scope includes microbial physiology, microbial genetics, host–microbe interactions, microbial biotechnology, environmental microbiology, and microbial evolution. Editorial policies reference standards advanced by bodies such as the Committee on Publication Ethics, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, and repositories like GenBank, European Nucleotide Archive, and Dryad. Peer review is overseen by associate editors drawn from organizations such as King’s College London, University of California, Berkeley, ETH Zurich, McMaster University, and University of Toronto. Data availability, conflict of interest disclosures, and ethical approvals align with guidelines from institutions including the American Society for Microbiology and the Royal Society.
Regular formats include Original Research, Reviews, Mini Reviews, Methods, Hypotheses, Case Reports, and Editorials. Special Research Topics and themed collections have been curated in collaboration with groups such as Gordon Research Conferences, American Society for Microbiology meetings, European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, and workshops at facilities like Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and EMBO. Guest editors often hail from entities such as Wellcome Sanger Institute, Rockefeller University, Johns Hopkins University, Karolinska Institutet, and Imperial College London, producing focused issues on subjects like microbiome analytics, antimicrobial resistance, viral emergence, and bioremediation.
Frontiers in Microbiology is indexed in databases including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed Central, MEDLINE, and Dimensions. Citation metrics are compared to journals such as Nature Microbiology, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Trends in Microbiology, Annual Review of Microbiology, and Current Opinion in Microbiology. The journal’s reception has featured discussion in forums linked to institutions such as European University Association and critiques appearing in venues engaged with scholarly communication reform like COPE panels and meetings of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.
Noteworthy articles have influenced fields including human microbiome research led by groups at NIH Human Microbiome Project, environmental virology studies connected to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, antimicrobial resistance analyses tied to studies at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and synthetic biology reports informed by work at MIT Media Lab and ETH Zurich. Cross-disciplinary collaborations featured contributors from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and industry partners including Genentech, Roche, and Illumina.
As an open-access journal, articles are published under Creative Commons licenses adopted by organizations such as Creative Commons and conform to funder mandates from bodies like the Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, National Science Foundation, and NIH. The submission-to-publication workflow integrates peer review platforms and editorial tools used by publishers including ScholarOne and Editorial Manager and adheres to indexing requirements set by CrossRef and ORCID. APC policies have been discussed in policy venues involving the European Commission and national research funders, aligning with global moves toward Plan S and open science initiatives.
Category:Open access journals