mBio

mBio is a broad-scope, online-only open access journal of microbiology published by the American Society for Microbiology, launched in 2010 and edited by active research scientists, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.4.《mBio》由（American Society for Microbiology）出版，2010 年创刊，是仅在线出版、完全开放获取的广域微生物学期刊，由活跃在一线的科研人员担任编辑，2025 年影响因子为 5.4。

Scope

• The journal covers all branches of the microbiological sciences, from virology and bacteriology to parasitology and mycology.本刊覆盖微生物学全部分支，从病毒学、细菌学到寄生虫学与真菌学。
• Work on bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi and simple eukaryotic organisms is equally welcome.关于细菌、病毒、寄生虫、真菌与简单真核生物的研究同样欢迎。
• Microbial biochemistry and molecular biology form a core area, together with genetics and genomics.微生物生物化学与分子生物学是核心领域，遗传学与基因组学并重。
• Environmental microbiology, microbial ecology and evolution are within scope.环境微生物学、微生物生态学与进化均在收录范围之内。
• Immunology, infectious disease and host-microbe interactions, from symbiosis to pathogenesis, are central topics.免疫学、感染性疾病以及从共生到致病的宿主与微生物相互作用是核心议题。
• Microbial physiology, energy acquisition and metabolism are studied alongside applied topics such as food and drug production.微生物生理学、能量获取与代谢，与食品和药物生产等应用议题一同受到关注。
• The journal also publishes work on how microbes drive climate and geological change and influence animal behaviour.本刊还发表微生物如何驱动气候与地质变化、并影响动物行为的研究。

History

• mBio was launched by ASM in 2010 as the society's first broad-scope, online-only, open access journal.《mBio》由（ASM）于 2010 年创办，是该学会首本广域、仅在线、完全开放获取的期刊。
• It is published in association with the American Academy of Microbiology.本刊与美国微生物学科学院（American Academy of Microbiology）联合出版。
• Arturo Casadevall was the founding editor-in-chief, and his launch editorial appeared in the first volume.Arturo Casadevall 担任创始主编，其创刊社论发表于第 1 卷。^[1]
• For most of its history the journal appeared in six bimonthly issues a year, and it now publishes twelve monthly issues.其大部分历史为每年 6 期双月刊，现为每年 12 期的月刊。
• In July 2025 Marvin Whiteley of Georgia Tech succeeded Casadevall as editor-in-chief.2025 年 7 月，（Georgia Tech）的 Marvin Whiteley 接替 Casadevall 出任主编。
• Its impact factor was 7.867 in 2021, 7.786 in 2022, 4.7 in 2024 and 5.4 in 2025.其影响因子 2021 年为 7.867，2022 年为 7.786，2024 年为 4.7，2025 年为 5.4。

Editors

• Marvin Whiteley, a professor at Georgia Tech, leads the journal and studies bacterial interactions and the severity of infection.（Georgia Tech）教授 Marvin Whiteley 担任主编，研究细菌相互作用与感染严重程度。
• The journal is edited by active research scientists rather than by a purely professional editorial staff.本刊由活跃在一线的科研人员而非专职编辑团队主持。
• Review is streamlined, with editors judging whether a paper is among the most important work in its field.评审流程精简，编辑判断论文是否属本领域最重要的工作。
• mBio does not consider pre-submission inquiries, and declined papers may be offered transfer to another ASM journal.本刊不受理投稿前咨询，未获接受的稿件可获转投其他（ASM）期刊的机会。
• Articles include research articles, observations, minireviews, opinions and hypotheses, commentaries and perspectives.文章类型包括研究论文、观察、小型综述、观点与假说、评论以及展望。
• As a fully open access journal it is funded by article processing charges, and its board of editors numbered about eighty scientists at launch.作为完全开放获取期刊，本刊以文章处理费维持运营，创刊时编委会约有 80 位科学家。