BiomedicalPublications

Microbial Cell

Shared Science Publishers OG·Austria·ISSN 2311-2638

Open accessIn DOAJFee waivers availableBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Microbial Cell is published by Browse by publisher as an open access journal (ISSN 2311-2638). The list article processing charge is $1,283. Typical time to publication is 12 wks. Its OpenAlex h-index is 54. 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

$1,283

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

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Time to publication

12 wks

Broadly typical for the field.

h-index

54

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

3.5

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in Microbial Cell is listed at $1,283. The publisher also lists 1,190 EUR. 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 modelPeer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY
Author keeps copyrightYes
Plagiarism screeningNot reported
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 declaredPeer 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 Microbial Cell publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Fungal and yeast genetics researchBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyMitochondrial Function and PathologyRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGut microbiota and healthGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionDNA Repair MechanismsAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityAutophagy in Disease and Therapy

Publication record

Indexed articles668
Total citations12,896
i10-index297
Most recent indexed article2026
Open access since2014
All ISSNs2311-2638

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.