mLife

mLife is an open access journal sponsored by the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and published by Wiley, launched in 2022 with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.7《微生物学前沿》（mLife）由中国科学院微生物研究所主办、由（Wiley）出版，是开放获取期刊，2022 年创办，2025 年影响因子为 6.7

Scope

• The journal covers fundamental and applied microbiology该刊覆盖基础与应用微生物学
• Microbial physiology, genetics and evolution are central subjects微生物生理、遗传与进化是核心主题
• Environmental microbiology and microbial ecology are covered环境微生物学与微生物生态在其范围
• Host-microbe interactions and medical microbiology are within scope宿主-微生物相互作用与医学微生物学同样收录
• Microbial biotechnology and synthetic biology are published微生物生物技术与合成生物学均在发表之列
• Reviews on emerging topics in microbiology are welcomed微生物学新兴议题的综述受到欢迎

History

• The journal was launched in 2022 with the support of the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences该刊 2022 年在中国科学院微生物研究所支持下创办
• It is published as an open access journal on the Wiley platform期刊在（Wiley）平台以开放获取形式出版
• It was created to give Chinese microbiology a broadly international outlet其创办旨在中国微生物学界提供具有国际视野的发表园地
• The journal is published by Wiley and appears quarterly, under print ISSN 2097-1699, electronic ISSN 2770-100X该刊由（Wiley）出版，按季刊出版，印刷 ISSN 为 2097-1699，电子 ISSN 为 2770-100X。-
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.5 in 2024 and reached 6.7 in 2025, with the reported series 6.7, 4.5其影响因子由 2025 年的 6.7、2024 年的 4.5 等年度数据构成，最新为 2025 年的 6.7。

Editors

• An editor-in-chief is supported by associate editors across microbial disciplines主编由覆盖微生物学各方向的副编辑协助
• The journal publishes original research, reviews and highlights期刊发表原创研究、综述与研究亮点
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, with single anonymous peer review reported by the Directory of Open Access Journals稿件经同行评审，（Directory of Open Access Journals）登记为单匿名评审。
• Publication is funded by an article processing charge of 2500 USD with waivers available出版由 2500 USD 的文章处理费支持，并设有减免政策。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）、（Scopus）与（Directory of Open Access Journals）收录。