AIMS Microbiology

AIMS Microbiology is a quarterly open-access journal launched in 2015 by AIMS Press, the publishing arm of the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and it covers microbial resources, microbial genomics, pathogenesis, and agricultural and environmental microbiology, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.4《AIMS 微生物学》是（AIMS Press）于 2015 年创办的季度开放获取期刊，涵盖微生物资源、微生物基因组学、病原微生物以及农业与环境微生物学，2025 年影响因子为 5.4。

Scope

• Microbial resources, including the isolation, characterization and exploitation of bacteria, archaea and fungi微生物资源，包括细菌、古菌与真菌的分离、鉴定与利用。
• Microbial genomics, from genome sequencing and comparative analysis to functional annotation微生物基因组学，从基因组测序、比较分析到功能注释。
• Mycology, covering fungal diversity, genetics and fungal interactions with hosts and environments真菌学，涵盖真菌多样性、遗传学以及真菌与宿主和环境的相互作用。
• Physiology and metabolism of microorganisms, including growth, metabolism and stress responses微生物生理与代谢，包括生长、代谢与胁迫响应。
• Agricultural microbiology and biotechnology, spanning soil, plant and food-related microbes农业微生物学与生物技术，涉及土壤、植物与食品相关微生物。
• Pathogenic microorganisms and immunology, including host-pathogen interaction and antimicrobial resistance病原微生物与免疫学，包括宿主与病原互作及抗微生物耐药性。
• Environmental microbiology, from bioremediation to microbial ecology in natural and engineered systems环境微生物学，从生物修复到自然与工程系统中的微生物生态。

History

• AIMS Microbiology was founded in 2015 by AIMS Press, based in Springfield, Missouri该刊由（AIMS Press）于 2015 年创办，出版机构位于密苏里州斯普林菲尔德。
• Its first volume appeared in 2015, and the journal has since settled into four issues per volume第 1 卷于 2015 年面世，此后稳定为每卷四期。
• It is a gold open-access journal charging an article processing charge of USD 500, rising to USD 700 for papers submitted after 31 December 2026该刊为金色开放获取期刊，收取 500 美元版面费，2026 年 12 月 31 日之后投稿的论文涨至 700 美元。
• Editorials, letters, conference reports, commentaries and corrections are exempt from the charge社论、读者来信、会议报告、评论与勘误免收该费用。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus, PubMed and PMC, CAS, EBSCO and Dimensions, and archived in Portico and CLOCKSS该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）、（Scopus）、（PubMed）与（PMC）、（CAS）、（EBSCO）及（Dimensions）收录，并由（Portico）与（CLOCKSS）存档。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.1 in 2024 and 5.4 in 2025其影响因子 2024 年为 4.1，2025 年为 5.4。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Luigi Santacroce of the University of Bari and the Policlinico University Hospital of Bari in Italy, working on clinical microbiology and virology现任主编为（University of Bari）与巴里大学医院（Policlinico University Hospital of Bari）的 Luigi Santacroce，研究临床微生物学与病毒学。
• Patrick Di Martino of Cergy-Pontoise University in France serves as associate editor-in-chief（Cergy-Pontoise University）的 Patrick Di Martino 任副主编。
• Xu Guo is managing editor, handling journal operationsXu Guo 担任执行编辑，负责期刊运营。
• The editorial board numbers about sixty members, with strong representation from Italy and members across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia编委会约有六十位成员，以意大利学者居多，并覆盖欧洲、亚洲、北美与澳大利亚。
• Peer review is single-blind, with referees' identities withheld from authors, and every submission is first screened by in-house editors for English, scientific value and ethics该刊实行单盲评审，审稿人身份对作者保密，所有稿件先由编辑部就英文表达、科学价值与伦理规范进行初筛。
• It publishes original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters and conference reports, and special issues are handled by guest editors under the supervision of the editor-in-chief该刊刊载原创研究论文、综述、社论、读者来信与会议报告，特刊由客座编辑经办，并由主编监督。