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| The ISME Journal | |
|---|---|
| Title | The ISME Journal |
| Discipline | Microbial ecology |
| Abbreviation | ISME J. |
| Publisher | International Society for Microbial Ecology |
| Country | International |
| History | 2007–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Openaccess | Hybrid |
| Impact | 13.0 |
| Impact-year | 2024 |
The ISME Journal The ISME Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on microbial ecology, microbial physiology, microbial evolution, and microbial genomics. It serves as the flagship journal associated with the International Society for Microbial Ecology and disseminates primary research, reviews, and synthetic perspectives relevant to researchers at institutions such as Max Planck Society, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, Stanford University, and University of Cambridge. The journal sits alongside other major outlets including Nature Communications, Science Advances, PNAS, Cell Host & Microbe, and ISME Communications.
Founded in 2007, the journal emerged during a period of rapid growth in metagenomics driven by projects like the Human Microbiome Project, the Earth Microbiome Project, and initiatives at laboratories such as the J. Craig Venter Institute and Broad Institute. Early editorial leadership included scholars with affiliations to ETH Zurich, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, and Wageningen University. The journal’s development paralleled technological advances from platforms like Illumina and Pacific Biosciences and conceptual frameworks from figures associated with Royal Society meetings and symposia at the Gordon Research Conferences. Over time the journal established ties with societies and conferences including American Society for Microbiology, European Molecular Biology Organization, and regional programs at RIKEN and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.
The ISME Journal emphasizes mechanistic and ecological studies spanning microbial communities in environments such as soils studied by researchers at ETH Zurich and Wageningen University, marine systems investigated by teams at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and host-associated microbiomes researched at Massachusetts General Hospital and Karolinska Institutet. Topics include microbial diversity characterized through approaches pioneered at Wellcome Sanger Institute and European Bioinformatics Institute, microbial interactions informed by work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, and evolutionary dynamics aligned with contributions from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. The journal publishes studies that connect to global initiatives like the Convention on Biological Diversity and climate-related research linked to data from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments.
The editorial board has historically included editors affiliated with Imperial College London, University of Toronto, McMaster University, University of California, San Diego, and ETH Zurich. Manuscripts undergo peer review coordinated through an editorial office associated with the publisher and managed using standard workflows similar to those at Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley-Blackwell. The process includes initial editorial triage, selection of reviewers from networks at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Max Planck Society, CNRS, and National Institutes of Health, and revision cycles culminating in acceptance or rejection; authors often cite guidance from grant agencies such as National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, European Research Council, and Wellcome Trust when framing significance. Special issues and invited reviews have been organized around themes presented at meetings hosted by Gordon Research Conferences, Microbiology Society, and the International Society for Microbial Ecology.
The journal is indexed in major services including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed Central, and EMBASE, and is discoverable via platforms used by institutions like University of Oxford, Yale University, Princeton University, and University of Melbourne. Metrics and citation data are tracked by providers such as Clarivate, Elsevier, and Google Scholar, and the journal’s articles contribute to evaluations by organizations including the Research Excellence Framework and grant panels at European Research Council and National Institutes of Health.
The ISME Journal has been recognized for publishing influential work cited across disciplines and used by researchers at National Aeronautics and Space Administration teams investigating astrobiology, by agricultural scientists at CIMMYT and International Rice Research Institute, and by environmental managers at United Nations Environment Programme. It has been compared with leading outlets like Nature Microbiology and ISME Communications, and its impact factor and citation patterns are discussed in assessment forums hosted by Royal Society and university libraries at University of California campuses. Debates around reproducibility and standards have connected journal policies with initiatives from FAIR Data Principles advocates and consortia at ELIXIR.
Influential papers published in the journal have advanced understanding of microbial community assembly, cross-kingdom interactions, and metagenomic methods developed alongside research groups at J. Craig Venter Institute, Broad Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology. Landmark contributions include studies integrating single-cell genomics from teams at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and synthetic ecology experiments linked to laboratories at Caltech and MIT. Reviews synthesizing microbial biogeography and biogeochemical roles have been widely cited by authors from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, and Leibniz Institute DSMZ.
The journal is affiliated with the International Society for Microbial Ecology and maintains connections to conferences and societies such as International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) meetings, Gordon Research Conferences, European Congress of Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology annual meetings, and regional symposia at Society for Applied Microbiology and Microbiology Society. Collaborative workshops and topical sessions often involve partners including European Molecular Biology Organization, EMBO, ELIXIR, and funding bodies like European Research Council and Wellcome Trust.
Category:Microbiology journals