Open Access

This journal is a peer reviewed, fully open access journal owned by Shandong University. Shandong University retains copyright of the overall compiled journal and the compiled issues. The article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication.

As an open access journal with no subscription charges, a fee (Article Publishing Charge, APC) is payable by the authors, or their institution or funders, to cover the costs associated with publication. This ensures your article will be immediately and permanently free to access by everyone.

The Article Publishing Charge for this journal is:

The Article Publishing Charge (APC) is covered by the Shandong University for all submitted articles, which are accepted for publication after peer review.

Peer review under the responsibility of Editorial Board of Engineering Microbiology.

Access Rights

All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute.

User Rights

A CC user license manages the reuse of the article. For the single article, articles will be published under one of the following licenses according to author's choice:

Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY):

Allows users to copy, to create extracts, abstracts and new works from the article, to alter and revise the article and to make commercial use of the article (including reuse and/or resale of the article by commercial entities), provided the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI), provides a link to the license, indicates if changes were made and the licensor is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND):

Allows users to copy and distribute the article, provided this is not done for commercial purposes and further does not permit distribution of the article if it is changed or edited in any way, and provided the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI), provides a link to the license, and that the licensor is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Author Rights

For open access publishing, this journal uses a licensing agreement. For the single article, authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights, and KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. and Editorial Office of Engineering Microbiology will be granted non-exclusive publishing and distribution rights.

Publishing Schedule

This journal is published four times a year.

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Contact details

Editorial Office
Email: engmicro@email.sdu.edu.cn