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 developing world and newly-industrialized countries, the journal especially reports on advances for and from developing 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
- Journal Impact Factor
- 4.0 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 4.3 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 3 days
- Downloads
- 908,272 (2023)
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Journal updates
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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
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