Dear collegues,

Recently I have received an invitation from they too.

A journal needs at least three years of existance for impact factor recieving. So, AIMS Microbiology which published the first article in the end of 2015, are able receive IF only in the end of of 2018, calculated like: number of citations in end of 2017 - end of 2018 of articles published in end of 2015 - end of 2017 divided on the number of articles, published in end of 2015 - end of 2017.

But you could look at the citation statistics for this journal in Web of Science. I calculated the "one-year IF" (number of citations in end of 2016 - end of 2017 of articles published in end of 2015 - end of 2016 divided on the number of articles, published in end of 2015 - end of 2016) and it is about 1.5. In my opinion it is rather good for so young journal. Probably, the 2-year IF will be not less than 1.5.

Sincerely, Vladimir.

I imagine the impact factor is very low because the journal is not indexed by PubMed or World of Science or the other high quality indexing services. 

That is what I thought, thank you

All published papers' full text from 2016 will be indexed by WoS.

Wondering also

I was invited to submit in this journal as well. The impact factor simply does not exist yet because the journal was launched recently (I think 2015), it may therefore take a year or so before a impact factor appear. I read some interesting article in this journal however.

Dear collegues,

Recently I have received an invitation from they too.

A journal needs at least three years of existance for impact factor recieving. So, AIMS Microbiology which published the first article in the end of 2015, are able receive IF only in the end of of 2018, calculated like: number of citations in end of 2017 - end of 2018 of articles published in end of 2015 - end of 2017 divided on the number of articles, published in end of 2015 - end of 2017.

But you could look at the citation statistics for this journal in Web of Science. I calculated the "one-year IF" (number of citations in end of 2016 - end of 2017 of articles published in end of 2015 - end of 2016 divided on the number of articles, published in end of 2015 - end of 2016) and it is about 1.5. In my opinion it is rather good for so young journal. Probably, the 2-year IF will be not less than 1.5.

Sincerely, Vladimir.

Though a long time have passed since the question was asked, I'll comment it. This year we published two papers in this journal. Yes, it still does not have impact-factor (since it is still too early for this), but is included into the Emerging Sources Citation Index of the Web of Science Core Collection, like many "young" and promising journals.

As for our publications, one was published within a special topic and was free of charge, and the second one was published as a regular paper, and we paid for it a quite reasonable sum (300$). Both papers were reviewed by two reviewers each, and I was quite satisfied by their level and qualification... they really read the manuscripts, and their comments were professional. The reviewers worked quickly, and the total period from the submission to revision, acceptance, and publication was about two months; in my opinion, this is a good result. Communication with the editors and submission/revision process was simple and easy. As a result, I would recommend this journal as a potential choice if you have good-level data and need a rapid publication (if you have extra-level data, you may try a journal with a high impact factor first). I'm sure they will receive their first impact factor soon.

I would recommend this journal too as stated my Natalia Statsyuk

I also published a paper to this journal. I recommend it!

Recently i also get an invitation from this journal for special issue , bt i am confused what to do

Me too, I received an invitation to publish and I was a bit confused.

I often receive such spam invite from predatory journals but this invitation was for a special issue regarding the bacterium and theme I am currently working on. It might just be a coincidence or they might actually be a serious journal, I am still not clear.

Same invitation was received by me also

Sanku Borkataki

Was it a special issue about Yersiniaceae? Do you work on that subject?

No, i have not done any work on it

But was it what the invitation was about?

Then it would indeed seem like they are spamming invitations and that it was just a coincidence that it matched my research interests...

Our first paper published in this journal was prepared by invitation to participate in special topic. As I already told, it was reviewed by two experts, who understood the subject of study and were quite qualified. The paper was published free of charge and within two months from the receiving (together with revision). The second paper was sent as a regular paper, and again - I was satisfied by the reviewer's comments and rapid publication (with APC fee for this time). The journal is indexed in WoS. - this is also true, since my papers are visible there. I still consider AIMS Microbiology to be a good young journal, which will receive its first impact factor within several years.

Concerning the invitations: they are young and have to inform researchers about their journal. Of course, I also receive a lot of spam with invitations for publication, but I also received such invitations from three young journals, which were already indexed in WoS, and published in them. One of these journals already got IF and increases it every year, and the paper I published there is well-cited. That's why I always check every invitation for publication I receive and look, if the journal is indexed, what is the average publication rate, and also look on several published papers to evaluate their quality: in this way, I can find new appropriate journals for publication for a reasonable fee...

I have recently made some extensive research on predatory publishing in general and since I got an invitation from "AIMS Allergy & Immunology" and I can tell you after doing some research - this publisher displays all features of a predatory bullshit publisher and I am certain it is.

Dear Caroline Marden ,

This journal is published by AIMS Press. This publisher has a number of their journals indexed in: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI - Web of Science) and Scopus (Elsevier) at least the following are: AIMS Agriculture and Food, AIMS Biophysics, AIMS Energy, AIMS Materials Science and AIMS Neuroscience.

However the journal “AIMS Microbiology” claims to be indexed in Scopus but it is not depicted in the latest available Scopus list. This is to say the least sloppy. The PubMed (PMC) or better PMC claim however seems to be right.

All together I think this publisher is not predatory. The fact that quite a number of the journals of this publisher are indexed by DOAJ is strengthening this. So it is pretty safe to use.

Best regards.

Update 14-04-2020: I noticed that in the oct 2019 Scopus list (so far the latest update of Scopus) this journal AIMS Microbiology is indeed included 2019-ongoing. See attached file.

What about AIMS Medical Science journal? do you think it is predatory ?

AIMS Microbiology is indexed in Web of Science Core Collection and acknowledged by Publons (the most trusted WoS identifier) as WoS

E.g. Article Optimisation of biomass, exopolysaccharide and intracellular...