The ''Journal of Applied Microbiology'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research.
Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
covering applied
microbiology
Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...
. It was established in 1939 as the ''Proceedings of the Society of Agricultural Bacteriologists'', and published under the name ''Journal of Applied Bacteriology'' from 1954 to 1996, obtaining its current name in 1997.
It is published by
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the
Society for Applied Microbiology. The
editor-in-chief is Arthur Gilmour (
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute). According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor of 4.061.
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2672
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Monthly journals
Publications established in 1939
English-language journals
Applied microbiology journals