''Applied and Environmental Microbiology'' is a biweekly

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published by the

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. It was established in 1953 as ''Applied Microbiology'' and obtained its current name in 1975. Articles older than six months are available free of cost from the website, however, the newly published articles within six months are available to subscribers only. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 5.005. The journal has been ranked as one of the top 100 journals over the past 100 years in the fields of biology and medicine.

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100 Journals in last 100 years
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Gemma Reguera Gemma Reguera is a Spanish-American microbiologist and professor at Michigan State University. She is the editor-in-chief of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology and was elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in ...

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