International Microbiology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Spanish Society for Microbiology; it publishes articles on all aspects of microbiology

Microbiology

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...

. The society has published a journal since 1934 (Microbiología Española (1947-1986) and Microbiología SEM (1986–1998) were the predecessors).

Editorial board

The current associate editors (2010) include Lynn Margulis

Lynn Margulis

Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and her contributions to the endosymbiotic theory, which is now generally accepted...

 of the University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...

 and John Skehel

John Skehel

Sir John James Skehel, FRS is a British virologist. He was born in Blackburn to Joseph and Annie Skehel in 1941, and was educated at St. Mary's College, Blackburn before being accepted to the University of Aberystwyth for a BSc in agricultural biochemistry.Soon after graduating he married Anita...

 of the British National Institute for Medical Research

National Institute for Medical Research

The National Institute for Medical Research, commonly abbreviated to NIMR, is a medical research facility situated in Mill Hill, on the outskirts of London, England. It is mainly funded by the Medical Research Council, or MRC, and is its largest establishment and the only one designated as an...

. The editorial board includes Roberto Kolter

Roberto Kolter

Roberto Kolter is the president of the American Society for Microbiology and a professor of microbiology at the Harvard Medical School. Kolter has been at Harvard Medical School since 1983...

, Rita R. Colwell

Rita R. Colwell

Rita R. Colwell is an environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator. She became the 11th Director of the United States National Science Foundation on August 4, 1998....

, and James A. Shapiro

James A. Shapiro

James A. Shapiro is an American biologist, an expert in bacterial genetics and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago.-Academic biography:...

.

Indexing

The journal is indexed in Web of Science

Web of Science

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, Scopus

Scopus

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, Biological abstracts

Biological Abstracts

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, Medline

MEDLINE

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, and Excerpta Medica

Excerpta Medica

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, as well as other more specialized indexes. The JCR

JCR

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impact factor for 2009 is 1.8, 66th out of 95 journals in the Microbiology subject category.

External links

• History of the journal