{{Short description|Scientific journal of microbiology}} {{Lowercase title|italic=yes}} {{Infobox journal | italic title = no | title = mBio | cover = | former_name = | abbreviation = mBio | discipline = Microbiology | editor = Marvin Whiteley | publisher = American Society for Microbiology in association with the American Academy of Microbiology | country = | history = 2010–present | frequency = Bimonthly | openaccess = Yes | license = CC-BY 4.0 | impact = 4.7 | impact-year = 2024 | ISSN = | eISSN = 2150-7511 | CODEN = MBIOCL | JSTOR = | LCCN = 2011205834 | OCLC = 969766323 | website = http://mbio.asm.org/ | link1 = http://mbio.asm.org/content/current | link1-name = Online access | link2 = http://mbio.asm.org/content/by/year | link2-name = Online archive }} '''''mBio''''' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the American Society for Microbiology in association with the American Academy of Microbiology. It covers all aspects of the microbiological sciences, including virology, bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, and allied fields.
The journal was established in 2010 with Arturo Casadevall as founding editor-in-chief.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mbio.asm.org/site/misc/profile_casadevall.xhtml |title=mBio Founding Editor in Chief professional profile |publisher=American Society for Microbiology |accessdate=2010-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002165706/http://mbio.asm.org/site/misc/profile_casadevall.xhtml |archive-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2025, the editor-in-chief is Marvin Whiteley (Georgia Institute of Technology). <ref>{{Cite web |title=The American Society for Microbiology Announces New Editors in Chief |url=https://asm.org/press-releases/2025/february/asm-announces-new-editors-in-chief |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=ASM.org |language=en}}</ref>
==Abstracting and indexing== The journal is abstracted and indexed in: {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * BIOSIS Previews<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2017-04-15 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Chemical Abstracts Service<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web|url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160515120119/http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-05-15 |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |accessdate=2017-04-15 }}</ref> * Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed<ref name=MEDLINE>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101519231 |title=mBio |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |accessdate=2017-04-15}}</ref> * ProQuest databases * Science Citation Index Expanded<ref name=ISI/> * Scopus<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19700188403 |title=Source details: mBio |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus preview |accessdate=2017-04-15}}</ref> }} According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 4.7.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2025 |chapter=mBio |title=2024 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science |via=Web of Science}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://mbio.asm.org/}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mbio}} Category:Microbiology journals Category:Academic journals established in 2010 Category:Bimonthly journals Category:English-language journals Category:American Society for Microbiology academic journals