Annals of Microbiology

Annals of Microbiology is an open-access journal of fundamental and applied microbiology published by BMC within Springer Nature, an official journal of the University of Milan, founded in 1940 as Annali di Microbiologia ed Enzimologia, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.1.《微生物学年鉴》（Annals of Microbiology）是由（BMC，Springer Nature）出版的开放获取微生物学刊物，为（University of Milan）官方期刊，1940 年以（Annali di Microbiologia ed Enzimologia）创刊，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.1。

Scope

• The journal covers general, environmental and ecological microbiology, including water, soil and cultural heritage microbiology, as well as applied and industrial microbiology.本刊涵盖普通、环境与生态微生物学，包括水体、土壤与文化遗产微生物学，以及应用与工业微生物学。
• Agricultural and food microbiology, fermentation processes and microbial biotechnology are within its remit.农业与食品微生物学、发酵工艺与微生物生物技术均属其范围。
• Bacteria, fungi, microalgae and bacteriophages are all studied, with methodology spanning biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, biotechnology and taxonomy.研究对象包括细菌、真菌、微藻与噬菌体，方法学覆盖生物化学、分子生物学、生理学、生物技术与分类学。
• Papers on microbial ecology, physiology, biochemistry, taxonomy and biotechnology form the core of the published content.微生物生态学、生理学、生物化学、分类学与生物技术论文构成发表内容的核心。
• Theoretical bioinformatics, medical microbiology and phytopathological microbiology lie outside the journal's scope.理论生物信息学、医学微生物学与植物病理微生物学不在本刊范围之内。
• Article types are original articles, reviews and mini-reviews, short communications, editorials and guidelines.文章类型包括原创论文、综述与小型综述、短通讯、社论与指南。
• The readership includes academic researchers and industry scientists working on microbes and microbial processes.读者对象包括从事微生物及微生物过程研究的学术人员与产业科学家。

History

• The journal traces its origin to 1940, when it appeared as Annali di Microbiologia ed Enzimologia.本刊源起于 1940 年，最初以（Annali di Microbiologia ed Enzimologia）为名出版。
• It took its present title in 2000, starting a new volume numbering at volume 50.2000 年改用现名，卷号从第 50 卷重新起算。
• The journal is an official journal of the University of Milan, and its editors work in the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences.本刊为（University of Milan）官方期刊，编辑部设于该校食品、环境与营养科学系。
• Springer Nature publishes it under the BMC imprint, with continuous article publication and one volume per year, volume 76 in 2026.本刊由（Springer Nature）以（BMC）品牌出版，采用连续文章发表模式，每年一卷，2026 年为第 76 卷。
• It became fully open access on 1 January 2020 under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with an open-access portal opened on 15 October 2019.本刊自 2020 年 1 月 1 日起转为完全开放获取，采用知识共享署名 4.0 许可，开放获取平台于 2019 年 10 月 15 日启用。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.1, following 3.4 in 2024, 3.168 in 2022 and 2.112 in 2021, and it ranks 43 of 180 in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.1，2024 年为 3.4，2022 年为 3.168，2021 年为 2.112，在生物技术与应用微生物学类别中排名 43/180。

Editors

• Francesca Cappitelli, professor in the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Milan, is editor-in-chief.主编（Francesca Cappitelli）为（University of Milan）食品、环境与营养科学系教授。
• Her research concerns biofilms, environmental microbiology, geomicrobiology and applied biotechnology, including the conservation of cultural heritage.其研究涉及生物膜、环境微生物学、地质微生物学与应用生物技术，包括文化遗产保护。
• Claudia Sorlini holds the title of editor-in-chief emeritus, and Federica Troiano is managing editor.（Claudia Sorlini）为荣誉主编，（Federica Troiano）任执行编辑。
• Associate editors come from Greece, Saudi Arabia, Australia, France, Italy, Brazil, Tunisia, India and the United States and cover food, soil, marine and industrial microbiology.副主编来自希腊、沙特阿拉伯、澳大利亚、法国、意大利、巴西、突尼斯、印度与美国，领域覆盖食品、土壤、海洋与工业微生物学。
• Manuscripts are assessed in single-blind peer review by at least two external referees, whose reports remain anonymous.稿件实行单盲同行评审，由至少两位外部审稿人评审，评审报告匿名。
• The article processing charge is 1890 pounds, 2590 dollars or 2190 euros, and the median time to first decision is 18 days.文章处理费为 1890 英镑、2590 美元或 2190 欧元，首次决定的中位时间为 18 天。