Name | Microbiology Society |
Membership Category | Professional Publisher (Medium) |
Website | www.microbiologyresearch.org |
Owner | Microbiology Society is a membership charity for microbiologists; we publish six journals of which two are fully OA. |
Main Address | 14-16 Meredith Street London EC1R 0AB |
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Copyright and Licensing Link | https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/forms-and-templates Authors retain copyright even in subscription articles |
Copyright and Licensing Policy | CC-BY, with an option for CC-BY-NC if the funder requires it. |
Complaint Contact Link | https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/ethics-policies |
Complaint Policy | We welcome feedback on everything we do, and that includes complaints. These should be addressed to the relevant journal email, and a member of the team will respond as quickly as possible. Microbiology: [email protected] Journal of General Virology: [email protected] Journal of Medical Microbiology: [email protected] Microbial Genomics: [email protected] International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology: [email protected] Access Microbiology: [email protected] |
Publication Charge Link | https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/publishing-costs |
Publication Charge Policy | o No APC charge applies to corresponding authors affiliated with institutions that are signed up to Publish and Read; all OA publishing charges in full and hybrid titles are pre-paid by the institution. o The ability to pay will never affect editorial decision-making which will be kept strictly independent. o We offer a 100% waiver to corresponding authors from institutions based in Hinari countries. o We offer APC discounts to members of the Society and on a title-by-title basis to affiliated societies |
OASPA Compliant OA Journals | 2 |
OA Articles (approx. number in 12 months) | 400 |
OASPA Compliant OA Books | |
Peer Review Process Link | |
Peer Review Policy | Our journals operate a single-blind peer-review system, where reviewers are made aware of the names and affiliations of the authors after they agree to review, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. |
Initiatives | We have introduced ‘Publish and Read’ transformative agreements in 2020 to accelerate OA in our journals: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/publish-and-read |
