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Open Access Microbiology Journals
A list of Open Access Microbiology journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Microbiology is study of microscopic organisms
A journal article is 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing it - that is to say when anyone can read, download, distribute, print, and search it.
We hope this list of Microbiology OA journals will be helpful for you in deciding where to publish your Microbiology manuscript.
We made this list which includes all the high-impact factor Microbiology journals that might be relevant to your field of study.Rather than just the top hits Microbiology journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Microbiology journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Microbiology venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Microbiology journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Microbiology OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Journal of Antibiotics | 2314-5773 | Hindawi Limited | 7 | 85 | 100 | ||
| Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials | 1476-0711 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 842 | 20915 | 90 | Website |
| Journal of global antimicrobial resistance | 2213-7165 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1970 | 13223 | 87.4 | Website |
| The International Arabic Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | 2174-9094 | International Medical Publisher (Fundacion de Neurociencias) | 210 | 237 | 86.7 | ||
| Antibiotics | 2079-6382 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 4330 | 22034 | 84.4 | Website |
| Infection epidemiology and medicine | 2322-2298 | ☑ | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 56 | 147 | 83.9 | Website |
| Gut Pathogens | 1757-4749 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 645 | 13141 | 83.1 | Website |
| Annals of Clinical Microbiology | 2288-0585 | ☑ | The Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology | 313 | 327 | 82.7 | Website |
| Current medical mycology | 2423-3420 | ☑ | Knowledge E | 250 | 922 | 82.4 | Website |
| Tribhuvan University Journal of Microbiology | 2382-5499 | Nepal Journals Online | 69 | 68 | 79.7 | ||
| Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials | 2141-2308 | Academic Journals | 90 | 471 | 77.8 | ||
| JAC-antimicrobial resistance | 2632-1823 | ☑ | Oxford University Press | 569 | 781 | 76.8 | Website |
| Microbiology discovery | 2052-6180 | Herbert Publications | 27 | 145 | 74.1 | ||
| Iranian journal of microbiology | 2008-3289 | ☑ | Knowledge E | 843 | 4271 | 73.5 | Website |
| International Journal of Microbiology | 1687-918X | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 738 | 11764 | 73 | Website |
| Virulence | 2150-5594 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 1622 | 38580 | 72.6 | Website |
| International Journal of Enteric Pathogens | 2322-5866 | ☑ | Maad Rayan Publishing Company | 281 | 512 | 72.2 | Website |
| International Journal of Bacteriology | 2314-596X | Hindawi Limited | 43 | 610 | 72.1 | ||
| Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease | 0891-060X | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 1974 | 19239 | 71.9 | Website |
| Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2047-2994 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2235 | 19148 | 71.9 | Website |
| International journal of clinical & medical microbiology | 2456-4028 | Graphy Publications | 39 | 31 | 71.8 | ||
| Medical mycology case reports | 2211-7539 | ☑ | Elsevier | 550 | 3221 | 71.3 | Website |
| The Open Mycology Journal | 1874-4370 | Bentham Science | 52 | 895 | 71.2 | ||
| Journal of microbiology & experimentation | 2373-437X | MedCrave Group | 382 | 558 | 70.7 | ||
| Open Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2165-3372 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 231 | 763 | 70.6 | ||
| International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 1438-4221 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2190 | 65140 | 70.4 | Website |
| BMC Microbiology | 1471-2180 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 4799 | 144292 | 70.2 | Website |
| JMM Case Reports | 2053-3721 | Microbiology Society | 371 | 1385 | 69.5 | ||
| Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology | 1735-8612 | ☑ | Farname, Inc. | 595 | 424 | 69.4 | Website |
| Stamford journal of microbiology | 2074-5346 | Bangladesh Journals Online | 97 | 241 | 68 | ||
| Polish Journal of Microbiology | 1733-1331 | ☑ | Polish Society of Microbiologists | 993 | 8586 | 68 | |
| Medycyna doświadczalna i mikrobiologia | 0025-8601 | National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene | 2987 | 1271 | 67.2 | ||
| Infection and Drug Resistance | 1178-6973 | ☑ | Dove Medical Press | 2541 | 20622 | 66.6 | Website |
| Indian Journal of Microbiology Research | 2394-546X | IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd | 613 | 217 | 66.4 | ||
| Journal of pathogens | 2090-3057 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 177 | 3151 | 66.1 | Website |
| BMC Infectious Diseases | 1471-2334 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 11187 | 200625 | 65.4 | Website |
| Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology | 2008-3645 | Kowsar Medical Institute | 1496 | 10216 | 64.7 | ||
| Microbiology research | 2036-7481 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 107 | 89 | 64.5 | Website |
| Journal of Oral Microbiology | 2000-2297 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 485 | 8818 | 63.7 | Website |
| Insight microbiology | 2041-0387 | Insight Knowledge | 11 | 115 | 63.6 | ||
| American journal of microbiology | 1948-982X | Science Publications | 44 | 121 | 63.6 | ||
| new microbes and new infections | 2052-2975 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1084 | 8443 | 63.5 | Website |
| Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2383-0298 | Maad Rayan Publishing Company | 232 | 418 | 62.9 | ||
| American Journal of Microbiological Research | 2328-4137 | 226 | 642 | 62.8 | |||
| The Open Microbiology Journal | 1874-2858 | Bentham Science | 438 | 5594 | 62.3 | ||
| Biocontrol Science | 1342-4815 | The Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan | 687 | 4903 | 61.7 | ||
| npj biofilms and microbiomes | 2055-5008 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 358 | 6787 | 61.5 | Website |
| South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology | 2582-1989 | Sciencedomain International | 240 | 98 | 61.3 | ||
| Biofilm | 2590-2075 | ☑ | Elsevier | 59 | 340 | 61 | Website |
| Kliničeskaâ mikrobiologiâ i antimikrobnaâ himioterapiâ | 1684-4386 | ☑ | Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 191 | 220 | 60.7 | Website |
| Microbiology research journal international | 2456-7043 | Sciencedomain International | 149 | 31 | 60.4 | ||
| ANKEM dergisi | 1301-3114 | Logos Medical Publication | 273 | 139 | 60.1 | ||
| Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni | 0374-9096 | Bilimsel Tip Publishing House | 2159 | 5484 | 60 | ||
| Current topics in lactic acid bacteria and probiotics | 2287-853X | Korean Society for Lactic Acid Bacteria and Probiotics | 72 | 39 | 59.7 | ||
| Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2235-2988 | ☑ | Frontiers Media SA | 5783 | 77600 | 59.7 | Website |
| Medical mycology journal | 2185-6486 | The Japanese Society for Medical Mycology | 325 | 1123 | 59.1 | ||
| Journal of genes, microbes and immunity | 2197-635X | ISPACS GmbH | 12 | 37 | 58.3 | ||
| Gut microbes | 1949-0976 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 1225 | 40288 | 58.1 | Website |
| Journal of Microbiology Research | 2166-5931 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 234 | 919 | 58.1 | ||
| Microbial genomics | 2057-5858 | ☑ | Microbiology Society | 796 | 9647 | 57.3 | Website |
| Revista De Microbiologia | 0001-3714 | SciELO | 818 | 4082 | 57.2 | ||
| Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology | 0255-0857 | Elsevier | 3856 | 26420 | 57.1 | Website | |
| Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology | 1011-9981 | Bangladesh Journals Online | 291 | 722 | 57 | ||
| Journal of Fungi | 2309-608X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 2671 | 15561 | 56.6 | Website |
| African Journal of Microbiology Research | 1996-0808 | Academic Journals | 5031 | 29561 | 56.1 | ||
| Genome Announcements | 2169-8287 | American Society for Microbiology | 6737 | 41575 | 56 | ||
| Bioscience and microflora | 1342-1441 | BMFH Press | 245 | 2460 | 55.5 | ||
| Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2070-1810 | Bangladesh Journals Online | 228 | 392 | 55.3 | ||
| Archives of Clinical Microbiology | 1989-8436 | OMICS Publishing Group | 447 | 481 | 54.6 | ||
| Bt research | 1925-1939 | Sophia Publishing Group, Inc. | 33 | 78 | 54.5 | ||
| Annals of Microbiology | 1590-4261 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2335 | 30800 | 54.5 | Website |
| European journal of microbiology and immunology | 2062-509X | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. | 342 | 4388 | 54.4 | ||
| Access microbiology | 2516-8290 | ☑ | Microbiology Society | 1650 | 720 | 54.2 | Website |
| Pneumonia | 2200-6133 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 113 | 994 | 54 | Website |
| Journal of applied & environmental microbiology | 2373-6747 | Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. | 13 | 55 | 53.8 | ||
| Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research | 2231-3168 | Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research | 497 | 1620 | 53.3 | ||
| The Cell Surface | 2468-2330 | ☑ | Elsevier | 79 | 554 | 53.2 | Website |
| Malaysian Journal of Microbiology | 2231-7538 | ☑ | Malaysian Journal of Microbiology | 777 | 2465 | 53.2 | Website |
| Infection, epidemiology and microbiology | 2588-4107 | ☑ | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 76 | 20 | 52.6 | Website |
| Cellular Microbiology | 1462-5814 | Wiley | 3398 | 165353 | 52.6 | Website | |
| mSphere | 2379-5042 | ☑ | American Society for Microbiology | 2024 | 24555 | 52.3 | Website |
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. G, Microbiology | 2090-0872 | ☑ | 199 | 256 | 52.3 | Website | |
| International Research Journal of Microbiology | 2141-5463 | International Research Journals (OMICS) | 184 | 724 | 52.2 | ||
| microLife | 2633-6693 | Oxford University Press | 27 | 35 | 51.9 | Website | |
| Journal of General and Applied Microbiology | 0022-1260 | The Microbiology Research Foundation | 3186 | 48218 | 51.9 | ||
| Japanese journal of bacteriology | 0021-4930 | Japanese Society for Bacteriology | 4758 | 3473 | 51.9 | ||
| Türk mikrobiyoloji cemiyeti dergisi | 0258-2171 | Logos Medical Publication | 317 | 63 | 51.4 | ||
| Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection | 1684-1182 | ☑ | Elsevier | 3002 | 37683 | 51 | Website |
| Case reports in infectious diseases | 2090-6633 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 929 | 2903 | 50.9 | Website |
| Microbiology insights | 1178-6361 | ☑ | SAGE | 124 | 1211 | 50.8 | Website |
| Fungal genomics & biology | 2165-8056 | OMICS Publishing Group | 83 | 334 | 50.6 | ||
| Current research in microbial sciences | 2666-5174 | ☑ | Elsevier | 155 | 224 | 50.3 | Website |
| African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology | 1595-689X | African Journals Online | 688 | 1542 | 50.3 | ||
| Microbiology resource announcements | 2576-098X | American Society for Microbiology | 3975 | 5917 | 50 | ||
| Journal of microbiology and modern techniques | 2575-5498 | Annex Publishers, LLC | 8 | 32 | 50 | ||
| International journal of microbiology and biotechnology | 2578-9678 | Science Publishing Group | 70 | 46 | 50 | ||
| Microbiology spectrum | 2165-0497 | ☑ | American Society for Microbiology | 2755 | 29218 | 49.5 | Website |
| The Internet journal of microbiology | 1937-8289 | Internet Scientific Publishers, LLC | 292 | 1712 | 49.3 | ||
| Open Forum Infectious Diseases | 2328-8957 | ☑ | Oxford University Press | 19221 | 36206 | 49.3 | Website |
| Daehan'yi jin'gyun haghoeji | 1226-4709 | Korean Society for Medical Mycology | 242 | 96 | 49.2 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Microbiology paper?
You can publish your Microbiology paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open Access aims to provide immediate and unrestricted access to research articles while along you to also share it freely
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
It refers to the level of association between a journal being listed and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100. For example, the Journal Of Physics Through Computation has a relevance of “100” when listed under “Open Access Computer Science Journals” because it has relevance to the field of Computer Science.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations show how often works from this journal are referenced in other research papers. This data is obtained from OpenAlex. Even though the accuracy is debatable, it could help you determine how prestigious a journal is on the whole.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
To search for more open journal lists under different topics, look on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
We do not offer publishing services. If you'd like to get your paper published, I would suggest you find a journal that suits your needs.
What is an APC?
In some cases, articles published in journals are made open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. This is made usually made possible by an article-processing charge (APC) that covers the range of publishing services provided.
What are the different Open Access types?
Different open access types are commonly described using a colour system. The most commonly recognised names are “green”, “gold”, and “hybrid” open access; however, “bronze”, “black”, and “diamond” also exist.