About the journal
As of January 2024, FEMS Microbiology Ecology is a fully open access journal. This means that all previously published content is free to read from this date.
It also means that all submissions which get accepted for publication will be published open access and will therefore be subject to an Article Processing Charge (APC). See the Copyright and license including Open Access section of our Author Guidelines for more information.
At FEMS we are working hard to make publishing in our journals as financially accessible as possible. We want the barrier to entry to publishing in our journals to be around the quality and soundness of the science, rather than a financial barrier. This is why we are keeping one broad-scope journal free-to-publish; our APCs are set lower than many other quality journals in our field; and we have put in place generous discount and waiver policies; visit our Open Access FAQs page for more information.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology publishes high quality papers that make a significant contribution to the field. It covers microorgansims in soil, aqautic, and atmospheric habitats - including extreme environments - and includes natural, artificial and managed systems.
Scope of the journal
FEMS Microbiology Ecology aims to publish high-quality papers that are original and provide a significant contribution to the understanding of microbial ecology. The journal contains Research Articles and MiniReviews on fundamental aspects of the ecology of microorganisms in natural soil, aquatic and atmospheric habitats, including extreme environments, and in artificial or managed environments. Research papers on pure cultures and in the areas of plant pathology and medical, food or veterinary microbiology will be published where they provide valuable generic information on microbial ecology. Papers can deal with culturable and non-culturable forms of any type of microorganism: bacteria, archaea, filamentous fungi, yeasts, protozoa, cyanobacteria, algae or viruses. In addition, the journal publishes Perspectives, Current Opinion and Controversy Articles, Commentaries and Letters to the Editor on topical issues in microbial ecology.
Journal metrics and highlights
2023 Journal Impact Factor: 3.5
Ranking: 67/161 (Microbiology)
Source: Journal Impact Factor™, from Clarivate, 2024
2023 CiteScore: 7.5*
*About CiteScore: The 2022 CiteScore is based on the number of citations received to documents (articles, reviews, conference papers, book chapters, and data papers) by a journal over four years, divided by the number of the same document types indexed in Scopus and published in those same four years.
2023 downloads: Over 1.1 million
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