Journal History

2013 The inaugural issue was released. Microorganisms was published as a quarterly journal.
2016 Microorganisms was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine.
2017 Microorganisms established the following sections: 
  • Gut Microbiota;
  • Environmental Microbiology.
2018 Microorganisms was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
Microorganisms established the following sections:
  • Food Microbiology;
  • Microbial Biotechnology
  • Medical Microbiology;
  • Systems Microbiology;
  • Molecular Microbiology.
2019 Microorganisms adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Microorganisms received its first Impact Factor (4.167), ranked 34/133 (Q2) in "Microbiology".
Microorganisms established the following sections:
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance;
  • Public Health Microbiology;
  • Parasitology;
  • Plant Microbe Interactions.
Microorganisms was indexed in Scopus—Elsevier.
2020 The Spanish Society for Nitrogen Fixation (SEFIN) became affiliated to Microorganisms.
Microorganisms established the following section:
  • Biofilm.
2021 Microorganisms established the following sections:
  • Virology;
  • Veterinary Microbiology.
Molecular Microbiology was renamed as Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
The Hellenic Society Mikrobiokosmos (MBK) became affiliated to Microorganisms.
2022 The Society for Microbial Ecology and Disease (SOMED) became affiliated to Microorganisms.
2023 The year 2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of Microorganisms.

Editor-in-Chief

2013–2016 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John Fuerst
2016–2023 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin von Bergen
2023–present  Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Nico Jehmlich

Section Editor-in-Chief

2017–2022 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin von Bergen for the Section on Gut Microbiota
2017–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nico Jehmlich for the Section on Environmental Microbiology
2018–present  Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Comi for the Section on Food Microbiology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Neubauer for the Section on Microbial Biotechnology
2019–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David S. Lindsay for the Section on Parasitology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. James F. White for the Section on Plant Microbe Interactions
2019–present  Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maurizio Ciani for the Section on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance
2020–present  Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eiko Kuramae for the Section on Systems Microbiology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ute Römling for the Section on Biofilm
2021–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Andrea Marzi for the Section on Virology
2021–present  Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Antonella d'Arminio Monforte for the Section on Medical Microbiology
2022–present  Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Wegrzyn for the Section on Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Paolo Calistri for the Section on Public Health Microbiology
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Pramod Gopal for the Section on Gut Microbiota
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Aránzazu Portillo for the Section on Parasitology
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Paul Andrew Barrow for the Section on Veterinary Microbiology
2023–present  Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Hermann J. Heipieper for the Section on Environmental Microbiology
Section Editor-in-Chief: 
Dr. Isabelle Chemin for the Section on Virology
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