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| Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | |
|---|---|
| Title | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews |
| Discipline | Microbiology; Molecular biology |
| Abbreviation | MMBR |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1937–present |
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. The journal publishes comprehensive reviews that synthesize research across microbiology and molecular biology, addressing themes relevant to public health, biotechnology, immunology, and microbial ecology. Its audience includes researchers affiliated with institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the National Institutes of Health.
Founded under the auspices of the American Society for Microbiology, the journal evolved alongside institutions like the Rockefeller Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the Pasteur Institute. Early contributors and influencing figures were associated with universities including Johns Hopkins University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University. The journal’s development intersected with events and organizations such as World War II, the Manhattan Project, the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society, the Lasker Awards, and the Nobel Prize ceremonies. Collaborations and debates involved laboratories like Salk Institute, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and Institut Pasteur, and prominent scientists connected to institutions including University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Columbia University, and University of Michigan.
Coverage spans topics linking work from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and Max Planck Institute labs. Reviews commonly integrate findings from groups at Cornell University, University of California, San Francisco, University of Washington, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and cite landmark reports from agencies such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, and United Nations. Thematic areas connect research trajectories influenced by conferences and meetings at Gordon Research Conferences, Keystone Symposia, EMBO, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Subject intersections include contributions related to CRISPR studies at University of California, Berkeley, RNA biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, microbial genomics at Broad Institute, and synthetic biology from MIT.
The editorial board has included editors and section editors drawn from Harvard Medical School, University of California, San Diego, Rockefeller University, Imperial College London, and Karolinska Institutet. Manuscript handling follows practices comparable to journals managed by Nature Publishing Group, Cell Press, Oxford University Press, and Wiley-Blackwell. Peer review involves external reviewers affiliated with institutions such as Duke University, University of Toronto, McGill University, ETH Zurich, University of Barcelona, and University of Tokyo. Editorial decisions are informed by grant-funded projects from agencies like National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Wellcome Trust, and Medical Research Council.
Impact assessments often reference citation analyses used by Clarivate Analytics, Scopus, and PubMed Central. Metrics inform institutional evaluations at universities including University College London, University of Edinburgh, King's College London, and University of Melbourne. The journal’s contributions are cited alongside landmark publications appearing in journals such as Nature, Science, Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The Lancet. Recognition among awardees of the Lasker Award, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Breakthrough Prize, and Shaw Prize reflects the influence of review synthesis on fields represented at conferences like the Royal Society meetings and the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
Special issues have been developed around topics tied to major research centers such as Broad Institute initiatives, Human Genome Project retrospectives, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Influential reviews have been authored by scientists affiliated with institutions like Scripps Research, Pasteur Institute, Institut Pasteur Korea, RIKEN, and Max Planck Institutes, and have shaped discourse referenced in textbooks published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Elsevier. Guest editors have come from the University of California system, the University of Wisconsin, Baylor College of Medicine, and Rockefeller University, and special collections have aligned with themes discussed at EMBO workshops and Keystone Symposia.
The journal is indexed in databases and services used by libraries at institutions such as Library of Congress, British Library, National Library of Medicine, and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Indexing platforms include PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science, and the journal’s content is discoverable through university consortia at Princeton University, University of Illinois, University of Toronto Libraries, and Harvard Library. Subscription and access models have been compared to programs run by JSTOR, Project MUSE, HINARI, and Research4Life, and partnerships have involved aggregators such as EBSCO, ProQuest, and Gale.
Critiques of review journals have paralleled debates that engaged organizations like the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and funding agencies including National Institutes of Health. Controversial discussions have referenced policy decisions at the European Commission, debates within the Wellcome Trust, and responses from scholarly societies such as the Royal Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Concerns voiced by scholars at institutions including University of California, Irvine, University of Minnesota, and Ohio State University have focused on topics highlighted at meetings like the World Health Assembly and UNESCO forums.
Category:Microbiology journals Category:Molecular biology journals