BiomedicalPublications

mBio

American Society for Microbiology·United States·ISSN 2150-7511

Open accessIn DOAJFee waivers availableBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

mBio is published by American Society for Microbiology as an open access journal (ISSN 2150-7511). The list article processing charge is $3,900. Typical time to publication is 12 wks. Its OpenAlex h-index is 232. Primary field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. 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

$3,900

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Checked · Journal fee page

Time to publication

12 wks

Broadly typical for the field.

h-index

232

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

5.8

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in mBio is listed at $3,900. The journal reports that fee waivers are available — worth pursuing if you are funding this yourself or working from a lower-income country.

The journal's own fee page →

Peer review and licensing

Review modelAnonymous peer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY
Author keeps copyrightYes
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

8 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 declaredAnonymous 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 mBio publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacteriophages and microbial interactionsAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityVibrio bacteria research studiesGut microbiota and healthFungal Infections and StudiesEscherichia coli research studiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Publication record

Indexed articles9,095
Total citations416,139
i10-index6,348
Most recent indexed article2026
Open access since2010
All ISSNs2150-7511, 2161-2129

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.