Microbiological Research

Microbiological Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier since 1970 under the ISSN 0944-5013 and eISSN 1618-0623, covering basic and applied microbiology with an emphasis on molecular and cellular aspects of microorganisms, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.5 and a first quartile rank of 17 of 167 in microbiology《微生物学研究》（Microbiological Research）是爱思唯尔自 1970 年起出版的同行评审期刊，刊号 0944-5013、电子刊号 1618-0623，覆盖基础与应用微生物学，侧重微生物的分子与细胞方面，2025 年影响因子为 8.5，在微生物学类 167 种期刊中列第 17 位、居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research, reviews and mini-reviews on basic and applied microbiology, emphasising molecular, cellular and physiological studies of bacteria, archaea, fungi, yeasts and microalgae该刊刊载基础与应用微生物学的原创研究、综述与小型综述，侧重细菌、古菌、真菌、酵母与微藻的分子、细胞与生理学研究。
• It covers microbial physiology and metabolism, microbial genetics and genomics, gene regulation and expression, cell cycle and cell division, stress response and adaptation, and the structure and function of microbial cells该刊覆盖微生物生理与代谢、微生物遗传与基因组学、基因调控与表达、细胞周期与细胞分裂、应激响应与适应，以及微生物细胞的结构与功能。
• The journal addresses environmental and industrial microbiology including biodegradation and bioremediation, biofilms, microbial fermentation and bioprocess technology, plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions, and microbiomes of natural and engineered systems该刊涉及环境与工业微生物学，包括生物降解与生物修复、生物膜、微生物发酵与生物工艺技术、植物-微生物与微生物-微生物互作，以及自然与工程系统的微生物组。
• It also covers food microbiology, medical and pharmaceutical microbiology including antimicrobial resistance, drug discovery from microbial sources, probiotics and the application of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to microorganisms该刊亦覆盖食品微生物学、医学与药物微生物学（含抗菌素耐药性、微生物来源药物发现、益生菌），以及合成生物学与代谢工程在微生物中的应用。
• It operates single-blind peer review and follows the Elsevier editorial policies on research integrity, data availability and competing interests, with author guidelines published on the journal website该刊实行单盲同行评审，遵循爱思唯尔关于研究诚信、数据可获取性与利益冲突的编辑政策，作者指南在期刊网站公布。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 17 of 167 titles in microbiology with a 90.1 percentile and its five year indicator remains in the first quartile在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在微生物学类 167 种期刊中列第 17 位、百分位 90.1，五年指标同样位于第一四分位。

History

• The journal was launched in 1970 by Gustav Fischer Verlag and later moved to the Elsevier portfolio, providing a venue for basic and applied microbiological research with a molecular and cellular emphasis该刊于 1970 年由古斯塔夫菲舍尔出版社（Gustav Fischer Verlag）创刊，后归入爱思唯尔期刊群，为侧重分子与细胞的基础与应用微生物学研究提供平台。
• It has been published monthly throughout most of its recent history, with twelve issues per volume per year, and it has progressively shifted toward molecular, genomic and systems microbiology该刊近期历史上大部分时间以月刊形式出版，每年一卷十二期，并逐步转向分子、基因组与系统微生物学。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.415 in 2021 to 5.07 in 2022, then to 6.9 in 2024 and to 8.5 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing in microbiology throughout该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 5.415 降至 2022 年的 5.07，再升至 2024 年的 6.9 与 2025 年的 8.5，始终居微生物学类第一四分位。
• The journal has progressively expanded its coverage to address microbiomes, synthetic microbiology, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and the application of machine learning to microbiological data, reflecting the molecular and data-driven turn in microbiology该刊逐步扩展覆盖以纳入微生物组、合成微生物学、抗菌素耐药机制及机器学习在微生物数据中的应用，反映微生物学的分子化与数据驱动转向。
• The publisher carries the journal on ScienceDirect and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1016, shared with other Elsevier journals出版方将该刊载于（ScienceDirect），其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1016），与爱思唯尔其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an editorial board whose members are drawn from microbiology, molecular biology, biotechnology and environmental science departments across the world该刊由一位主编带领，配以由世界各地微生物学、分子生物学、生物技术与环境科学院系的学者组成的编委会。
• The editorial team includes associate editors responsible for subject areas such as microbial physiology, genetics and genomics, environmental and industrial microbiology, medical microbiology and food microbiology, reflecting the breadth of microbiology编辑团队设有副编辑，分别负责微生物生理、遗传与基因组学、环境与工业微生物学、医学微生物学与食品微生物学等方向，对应微生物学的广度。
• Editorial handling follows the Elsevier editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托爱思唯尔的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is single-blind and the journal maintains the Elsevier standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management, data sharing and editorial independence同行评审采用单盲方式，该刊遵循爱思唯尔在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理、数据共享与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at ScienceDirect and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在（ScienceDirect）期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。