Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Critical Reviews in Microbiology  

Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Crit Rev Microbiol
Discipline	Microbiology
Language	English
Edited by	Malcolm Richardson, PhD
Publication details
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group (UK)
Open access	no
Impact factor (2014)	6.02
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ISSN	1040-841X (print) 1549-7828 (web)
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Critical Reviews in Microbiology is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes comprehensive review articles covering all areas of medical microbiology. Areas covered by the journal include bacteriology, virology, microbial genetics, epidemiology, and diagnostic microbiology. It is published by Taylor and Francis Group.

Core Research Areas

Expert reviewers address the following disciplines:

• Molecular biology
• Microbial genetics
• Microbial physiology
• Microbial biochemistry
• Microbial structure
• Medical microbiology
• Epidemiology
• Public health
• Diagnostic microbiology

Editor-in-Chief

Malcolm Richardson, Ph.D., was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Critical Reviews in Microbiology in November 2008.^[1] Dr. Richardson is currently Associate Professor in Medical Mycology at the Haartman Institute,^[2] University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland although, in 2009, he will take up a new post as director of the regional mycology laboratory at the University of Manchester.^[3]

Publication Format

Critical Reviews in Microbiology publishes 4 issues per year in simultaneous print and online editions.

Subscribers to the electronic edition of Critical Reviews in Microbiology receive access to the online archive, which dates back to 1971, as part of their subscription.^[4]

External links

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