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Overview
The journal publishes original research papers and review articles on all aspects of applied microbiology and microbial biotechnology. Since its foundation in 1985, the World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology has provided a forum for research work directed toward finding solutions to global problems. As many of these problems, including crop productivity, public health and waste management, have major impacts in the develo** world and newly-industrialized countries, the journal especially reports on advances for and from develo** regions.
Details Concerning the Submission and Publication Procedures:
- No Page Charges
- No Fees for Online Color Images
- Optional Open Access Publication Fee
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Julio Polaina,
- Nasib Qureshi
- Impact factor
- 4.0 (2023)
- 5 year impact factor
- 4.3 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 3 days
- Downloads
- 908,272 (2023)
Societies and partnerships
Latest articles
Journal updates
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Call for Co-Editor-in-Chief
Springer Nature announces an opportunity for an exceptional candidate to serve as Co-Editor-in-Chief for the World Journal of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology.
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Call for Papers addressing the world’s challenges of sustainable goals
World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology is seeking submissions for four topical collections on the topics SDG7 Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG2 Zero Hunger, SDG13 Climate Action and SDG3 Good Health and Wellbeing.
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About the Editors
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For Authors and Editors
Download Standard List of Abbreviations and Symbols used in our journal and the Author Checklist which details the criteria for submissions.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-0972
- Print ISSN
- 0959-3993
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- AGRICOLA
- BFI List
- BIOSIS
- Baidu
- Biological Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
- Dimensions
- EBSCO
- EI Compendex
- EMBiology
- Google Scholar
- IFIS Publishing
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Medline
- Meta
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Portico
- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
- Copyright information