Ranked 10/94 in the ISI Microbiology category
Molecular Microbiology
Edited by:
John D. Helmann
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 48/276 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; 13/91 Microbiology
Impact Factor: 5.213
Molecular Microbiology, the leading primary journal in microbial sciences, publishes research articles reporting the results of molecular studies of eukaryotic microorganisms and of prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and their viruses. Studies that include genetic, biochemical, biophysical, bioinformatic and structural analysis leading to a deeper understanding of the molecular principles underlying basic physiological processes or mechanisms are considered as potentially suitable for publication in the journal. Topics considered appropriate include:
- Gene expression and regulation
- Pathogenicity and virulence
- Physiology and metabolism
- Synthesis of macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, polysaccharides, etc.)
- Cell biology and subcellular organization
- Membrane biogenesis and function
- Traffic and transport
- Cell-cell communication and signalling pathways
- Evolution and gene transfer
Average submission to first decision is just 23 days!
TopNews and Announcements
NIH-funded authors and Molecular Microbiology
All Molecular Microbiology authors are in full compliance with NIH requirements. From April 2008, the NIH is mandating grant-holders to deposit their published papers in PubMed Central within 12 months of publication. Molecular Microbiology complies with the NIH mandate by posting the accepted version of articles, i.e. the version incorporating any amendments made during peer review, 12 months after publication (please see the 'After acceptance' bullet points on page 1 of the Exclusive License Form for full details).
As an alternative, NIH-funded authors may use the Online Open service. This service grants free and immediate availability of the article on publication, and deposition of the final pdf version with PubMed Central.
Early View now available
Molecular Microbiology now publishes Early View papers - fully reviewed and revised articles published online in advance of publication in a forthcoming printed issue. Click here to view Early View articles
Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
Free access to all articles online 18 months after publication. Content published prior to 1997 is available online and can be purchased by institutions for a one-off fee. For further information on how to access these issues please visit our Librarian Site.
Molecular Microbiology one of the 'hottest journals of the millennium'!
Molecular Microbiology has been named one of the 'hottest journals of the millennium (so far)' in a recent ScienceWatch report.
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Forthcoming Conference
EMBO-FEBS Lecture Course: Host-Microbes Interactions
1-9 September 2010, Island of Spetes, Greece
Prizes awarded by Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology is keen to support the microbiology research community and regularly awards poster prizes at selected conferences. Winners receive a year's free online subscription to Molecular Microbiology and a prize cheque.
In 2010, Molecular Microbiology will award poster prizes at the following conferences:
10th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis
Miami, FL., USA. March 22 - 26, 2010
Bacterial Cell Surfaces (Gordon Conference)
New London, NH, USA. June 27 - July 2, 2010
Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression: Mechanisms of mRNA Decay (FASEB)
Carefree, AZ, USA. July 11-16, 2010
Microbial Stress Response (Gordon Conference)
South Hadley, MA, USA. July 18-23, 2010
The XIIth International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA)
Melbourne, Australia. August 15-20, 2010
Faculty of 1000
Faculty of 1000 is a new online assessment service of research papers - a qualitative and quantitative peer review. Molecular Microbiology has been ranked ninth in a list of Microbiology journals based on the numbers of its papers being awarded either of Faculty of 1000's top two ratings.
The following articles in Molecular Microbiology have recently been evaluated and rated by Faculty of 1000:
Role of the heat shock transcription factor, Hsf1, in a major fungal pathogen that is obligately associated with warm-blooded animals
Susan Nicholls, Michelle D. Leach, Claire L. Priest and Alistair J. P. Brown
The H-NS-like protein StpA represses the RpoS (sigma38) regulon during exponential growth of Salmonella Typhimurium
Sacha Lucchini, Paul McDermott, Arthur Thompson and Jay C.D. Hinton
Switching off small RNA regulation with trap-mRNA
Martin Overgaard, Jesper Johansen, Jakob Møller-Jensen, Poul Valentin-Hansen
Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Online Open
Authors of articles in this journal can now choose to make their articles open access and available free for all readers through the payment of an author fee. Read more.
TopHighlights
All MicroReviews, MicroCommentaries and MicroMeetings are available free online
Click on the links below to view the most downloaded articles published and downloaded in 2009:
- A rough guide to the non-coding RNA world of Salmonella
Jörg Vogel - Pathogen trafficking pathways and host phosphoinositide metabolism
Stefan S. Weber, Curdin Ragaz, Hubert Hilbi - A genetic approach for finding small RNAs regulators of genes of interest identifies RybC as regulating the DpiA/DpiB two-component system
Pierre Mandin, Susan Gottesman
