About mSphere

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  • 26

    Avg Days to First Decision

  • 22

    Avg Days to Publication from Acceptance

  • 96%

    of Research Articles Cited within Two Years of Publication*

mSphere® is a multidisciplinary open-access journal that publishes high-quality work that makes fundamental contributions to any of the immense range of fields within the microbial sciences. The mSphere Board of Editors is committed to providing authors with streamlined decisions while carrying on ASM's tradition for rigorous peer review. The journal offers rapid publication and wide dissemination of excellent research at no cost to readers.

 

Why We're Different

Edited by Working Scientists

Quick Decisions, Rapid Publication, and Impactful Citations

Format-Neutral Submissions
For initial submissions, mSphere welcomes papers in any format (format-neutral submissions). At this stage, authors are encouraged to upload a single PDF that incorporates the full text, tables, and figures. The reference style, the arrangement of sections of the paper, and other formatting issues are at the discretion of the author at initial submission.

Features

  • Observations
  • Minireviews
  • Opinions and Hypotheses
  • Commentaries
  • Perspectives
  • Resource Reports
  • mSphere of Influence: Commentaries from Early Career Microbiologists
  • Topics Covered: Applied and Environmental Science, Clinical Science and Epidemiology, Ecological and Evolutionary Science, Host-Microbe Biology, Molecular Biology and Physiology, Synthetic Biology, Therapeutics and Prevention
  • Indexed/Abstracted in: Biological Abstracts, Biological Science Collection, Biological Science Database, BIOSIS Previews, Chemical Abstracts Service, DOAJ, Health and Medical Collection, Health and Research Premium Collection, Medline, Natural Science Collection, ProQuest Central, Scopus, SciTech Premium Collection, Web of Science Core Collection, and more.

About the Journal

Editor in Chief
Michael Imperiale,
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
University of Michigan Medical School

6 Bimonthly Issues
Articles Published As-Ready
Articles Published Under CC-BY (4.0) License
Online only

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Online ISSN: 2379-5042

 

 

Peer review averages above are based on 2019 data.
* Citation data is from Web of Science for the 2016-2017 time period.

UPDATED May 2020