Journal History
| 2013 | The inaugural issue was released. Microorganisms was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Microorganisms was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine. Microorganisms was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 1). |
| 2017 | Microorganisms established the following sections:
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| 2018 | Microorganisms was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Microorganisms established the following sections:
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| 2019 | Microorganisms adopted a monthly publication schedule. Microorganisms received its first Impact Factor (4.167), ranked 34/133 (Q2) in "Microbiology". Microorganisms established the following sections:
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| 2020 | The Spanish Society for Nitrogen Fixation (SEFIN) became affiliated to Microorganisms. Microorganisms established the following section:
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| 2021 | Microorganisms established the following sections:
The Hellenic Society Mikrobiokosmos (MBK) became affiliated to Microorganisms. |
| 2022 | The Society for Microbial Ecology and Disease (SOMED) became affiliated to Microorganisms. |
| 2023 | The year 2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of Microorganisms. |
| 2024 | Microorganisms established the following section:
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Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–2016 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John Fuerst |
| 2016–2023 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin von Bergen |
| 2023–present | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Nico Jehmlich |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin von Bergen for the Section on Gut Microbiota |
| 2017–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nico Jehmlich for the Section on Environmental Microbiology |
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Comi for the Section on Food Microbiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Neubauer for the Section on Microbial Biotechnology |
| 2019–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David S. Lindsay for the Section on Parasitology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. James F. White for the Section on Plant Microbe Interactions |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maurizio Ciani for the Section on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance |
| 2020–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eiko Kuramae for the Section on Systems Microbiology |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ute Römling for the Section on Biofilm |
| 2021–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Andrea Marzi for the Section on Virology |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Antonella d'Arminio Monforte for the Section on Medical Microbiology |
| 2022–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul Andrew Barrow for the Section on Veterinary Microbiology |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Wegrzyn for the Section on Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Paolo Calistri for the Section on Public Health Microbiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Pramod Gopal for the Section on Gut Microbiota Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Aránzazu Portillo for the Section on Parasitology |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Hermann J. Heipieper for the Section on Environmental Microbiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Isabelle Chemin for the Section on Virology |
