Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology is a Specialty Section of Frontiers in Marine Science and Frontiers in Microbiology.
Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology is a Specialty Section of Frontiers in Microbiology devoted to advancing the study of microbes in aqueous environments, with a focus on freshwater, estuarine and oceanic ecosystems. Aquatic microbiological studies are diverse and inherently interdisciplinary. Microorganisms play diverse roles in ecosystems, and are key to earth’s biogeochemical cycles and the habitability of the planet. Further, aquatic microbes are genetically, physiologically and ecologically diverse and exhibit many different patterns of evolution, adaptation and physiological responses. Frontiers hopes to accelerate the field by publishing high quality research findings relating to the roles that bacteria, archaea, microbial eukarya and viruses play in aquatic chemistry, food webs, and biogeochemical cycling. Laboratory experiments with cultures or mixed populations and environmental experiments are complementary and necessary for advancing our understanding of aquatic microorganisms and their interactions with the environment. Studies of physiological, genetic, genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic aspects of aquatic microorganisms and communities (e.g., metagenomics) are making important contributions to the advancement of aquatic microbiology. New techniques in visualization, isotopic tracers and molecular techniques are providing new knowledge on the nature of microbial communities in the environment. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology will accept manuscripts on these topics, as well as new method developments, reviews and perspectives.
Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology welcomes the following
tier 1 article types: Book Review, Editorial, General Commentary, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Review, Specialty Grand Challenge and Technology Report.
All articles must be submitted directly to Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology, where they are processed by the associate and review editors of the Specialty Section.
All articles published in Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology will be subjected to the
Frontiers Evaluation System after online publication. Authors of the
original research articles with the highest impact, as judged by many expert readers, will be invited by the Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Marine Science and Frontiers in Microbiology to write a prestigious Frontiers
Focused Review - a tier 2 article. This is referred to as "
democratic tiering". The author selection is based on article-level impact metrics of Original Research published in the Frontiers Specialties. Focused Reviews are centered on the original discovery, place it in a wider context, and aim to address the wider audience across all of Marine Science and Microbiology.