The ISME Journal
The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers diverse and integrated areas of microbial ecology spanning the breadth of microbial life, including bacteria, archaea, microbial eukaryotes, and viruses. It is an official publication of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) and publishes original research articles, reviews, and commentaries. The founding editors-in-chief are Mark Bailey and George Kowalchuk. The journal is published on behalf of ISME by the Nature Publishing Group.
| Discipline | Microbial ecology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | 2007–2014 Mark Bailey, George Kowalchuk.
2014–2020 Ian Head, Kazuya Watanabe, 2020–present Josh Neufeld, Lisa Stein, Kazuya Watanabe, Andrew Holmes. |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2007–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 11.0 (2022) | |
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| ISO 4 | ISME J. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1751-7362 (print) 1751-7370 (web) |
| LCCN | 2007243685 |
| OCLC no. | 182943088 |
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According to the Journal Citation Reports published in 2022, the journal had an impact factor of 11.0.[1] The SCImago Journal Rank placed the ISME Journal 9th out of 152 journals in the category "Microbiology"[2] and 11th out of 658 journals in the category "Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics".[3]