BiomedicalPublications

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

American Society for Microbiology·United States·ISSN 0099-2240

Open accessIn DOAJFee waivers availableNo publication chargeBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Applied and Environmental Microbiology is published by American Society for Microbiology as an open access journal (ISSN 0099-2240). The journal lists no article processing charge. Typical time to publication is 11 wks. Its OpenAlex h-index is 479. Primary field: No publication charge. It is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. Fee waivers are stated as available. Figures on this page are sourced from OpenAlex and DOAJ and should be confirmed on the journal’s own site before submission.

Cost to publish

No charge

DOAJ records no article processing charge for this journal.

Checked · Journal fee page

Time to publication

11 wks

Broadly typical for the field.

h-index

479

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

4.2

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Applied and Environmental Microbiology does not charge an article processing charge according to its DOAJ record. Journals in this position are usually funded by a society, a university or a national body. DOAJ does record other charges for this journal, such as submission or page fees — check the journal's own page before you submit.

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Peer review and licensing

Review modelEditorial review, Peer review, Anonymous peer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY
Author keeps copyrightYes
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

7 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ applies a documented set of inclusion criteria.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredEditorial review, Peer review, Anonymous peer review
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2026.

Scope

The subjects Applied and Environmental Microbiology publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyProbiotics and Fermented FoodsBacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyMicrobial bioremediation and biosurfactantsBiofuel production and bioconversionWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Publication record

Indexed articles38,566
Total citations3,135,095
i10-index33,150
Most recent indexed article2026
Open access since2025
All ISSNs0099-2240, 1070-6291, 1098-5336

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.