FEMS Microbiology Letters

*FEMS Microbiology Letter*
Discipline	Microbiology
Language	English
Edited by	Dr Rich Boden
Publication details
History	1977–present
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	2.2 (2023)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	FEMS Microbiol. Lett.
Indexing;
CODEN	FMLED7
ISSN	0378-1097 (print); 1574-6968 (web);
LCCN	78642880
OCLC no.	03217327
Links
	Journal homepage;

FEMS Microbiology Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of microbiology, including virology. The journal was established in 1977 and is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies. The Editor-in-Chief has been Dr Rich Boden of the University of Plymouth since 2014.^[1]

The journal gave rise to separate titles over the years but retained the subject areas of ecology and medical microbiology and indeed review articles as part of its scope nonetheless:^[2]

FEMS Microbiology Immunology (1988), which was retitled FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology (1993) and is now Pathogens and Disease (2013).
FEMS Microbiology Reviews (1985)
FEMS Microbiology Ecology (1985)

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed and abstracted in the following bibliographic databases:^[3]

According to the 2023 Journal Citation Reports,^[4] the journal has an impact factor of 2.2.

Editors in Chief

2014–present: Dr Rich Boden (University of Plymouth)^[1]
2002-2014: Prof. Jeff Cole (University of Birmingham)^{[citation needed]}
1997-2002: Prof. Fergus 'Gus' Priest (1948–2019, Heriot-Watt University)^[5]
1991-?: Prof. Charles A. Fewson (1937-2005, University of Glasgow)
1981-1990: Prof. Edwin A. Dawes (University of Hull)^[6]
1977-1981: Prof. David W. Tempest (Free University of Amsterdam).^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "FEMS Microbiology Letters Editorial Board List". FEMS Microbiology Letters Editorial Board List. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "FEMS Microbiology Letters Instructions For Authors". FEMS Microbiology Letters Instructions For Authors. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "FEMS Microbiology Letters". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "Journal Citation Reports - 2023 Impact Factors". Journal Citation Reports - 2023 Impact Factors.
^ "Gus Priest obituary". FEMS. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Professor E.A. Dawes". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 77: iii. 1 January 1991. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04311.x. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "40th Anniversary VSI". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 19 March 2023.