| Discipline | Microbiology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Marvin Whiteley |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2010–present |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology in association with the American Academy of Microbiology |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Yes | |
| License | CC-BY 4.0 |
| 4.7 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | mBio |
| Indexing CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | MBIOCL |
| ISSN | 2150-7511 |
| LCCN | 2011205834 |
| OCLC no. | 969766323 |
| Links | |
mBio is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the American Society for Microbiology in association with the American Academy of Microbiology. The journal covers topics from all aspects of the microbiological sciences, including virology, bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, and allied fields.
The journal was established in 2010 with Arturo Casadevall as founding editor-in-chief.1 As of 2025, the editor-in-chief is Marvin Whiteley (Georgia Institute of Technology).2
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 4.7.7
References
References
- "mBio Founding Editor in Chief professional profile". American Society for Microbiology. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- "The American Society for Microbiology Announces New Editors in Chief". ASM.org. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- "mBio". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- "Source details: mBio". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- "mBio". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.