Access Microbiology

Scope

Access Microbiology is an innovative Open Access, open research platform to members of their community, allowing the publication of replication studies, negative or null results, research proposals, data management plans, additions to established methods, and interdisciplinary work.
The scope covers:

  • The full spectrum of microscopic life forms, from bacteria and viruses to fungi, protists, archaea, and algae.
  • All approaches, from computational, biotechnology, and laboratory work, to environmental, clinical, and veterinary studies.
  • In response to community requests, they will also publish pedagogy papers on microbiology education.
  • Article types include Research Articles, Short Communications, Methods, Pedagogy articles, Study Protocols, Data Notes, Software Articles, and Case Reports.
Impact factor
2.80
Open access
Yes
Open peer review
No
ARRIVE guidelines
Required
Welcome to negative results
Yes
Notes

Access Microbiology encourages all authors to consult the relevant EQUATOR guidelines for reporting experiments involving humans or animals, these include the ARRIVE Guidelines.