The ISME Journal Special Collections

Explore a collection of the most read and most cited articles making an impact in The ISME Journal published in recent years. This collection will be continuously updated with the journal's leading articles so be sure to bookmark this page and revisit periodically to see what is being read and cited.

This year marks 15 years since the launch of The ISME Journal. During this time, The ISME Journal has grown into a internationally respected and leading title in microbial ecology, publishing major advances and contributing to the global understanding of microorganisms and their communities.

See what scientists world-wide have been citing and sharing. In this Web Focus we highlight a selection of articles from 2019, which top the list of the journal’s most cited and most shared (including press coverage, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Weibo). They showcase the breadth of scope and coverage that the journal consistently delivers to its readers.

See what scientists world-wide have been citing and sharing. In this Web Focus we highlight a selection of articles from 2018 which top the list of the journal’s most cited and most shared (including press coverage, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Weibo). They showcase the breadth of scope and coverage that the journal consistently delivers to its readers.

In light of the 59th International Conference of the Association of Microbiologists of India, where ISME will be present from 9-12 December, we are very pleased to present 10 excellent articles recently published in The ISME Journal. During the conference ISME will co-organize an ISME-AMI workshop through their development program. Two workshop topics will focus on: “Integrated approaches for genomics and metagenomic analysis” and  “Protein-protein interaction studies for microbial ecology”. Our Indian colleagues have kindly selected these 10 articles accordingly. We hope you will enjoy reading these articles as much as we have.

Here is a collection of some key papers for you to view for free from ISMEJ and Nature Microbiology to coincide with the ISME17 meeting currently on at the Congress Centre in Leipzig, Germany.

See what scientists world-wide have been citing and sharing! In this Web Focus we highlight a selection of articles from 2016 and 2017 which top the list of the journal’s most cited and most shared (including press coverage, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Weibo). They showcase the breadth of scope and coverage that the journal consistently delivers to its readers.

In light of the annual Conference of the Chinese Society for Microbial Ecology we are very pleased to present 5 excellent Chinese articles recently published in The ISME Journal. We hope you will enjoy reading these articles as much as we have. The event takes place between 18-25 October.

Once again our co-editors-in-chief have selected 5 great articles that represent what the ISME Journal is all about. Microbial ecology is a booming science, gaining relevance across a range of topics affecting our world and the people who live in it, and the ISME Journal strives to reflect the diverse and multidisciplinary developments in the field. This compilation of manuscripts seeks to reflect this diversity and relevance; from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the human microbiome to soil fungi, litter decomposition and greenhouse gas emissions. 

Microorganisms are increasingly recognized as key stewards of life on Earth. Their roles range from maintenance of human health to global nutrient cycling. They are also key responders or contributors to disease and to changing climate. To highlight aspects of the importance of microorganisms for our health and the environment, the ISME13 Symposium (August 22-27, 2010, Seattle, WA, USA) invited leading experts to provide plenary lectures on current topics in microbial ecology. The plenary lecturers were also invited to contribute commentaries to the The ISME Journal that reflect the content of their lectures.

In the past decade, global climate change has come to the forefront of the political and social agenda owing to the growing realization that the Earth's resources are being used in an unsustainable fashion. To highlight the central role of microbial processes in sustainable development, Nature Reviews Microbiology and The ISME Journal present a specially commissioned set of articles that highlight the importance of microorganisms in climatic processes and research the generation of new energy sources.