From the Editors

Top 100 Scientific Reports microbiology papers from 2017

We've brought together our most highly-accessed microbiology articles from last year into a free-to-access Collection.

Click here to explore the most widely-read microbiology research published in Scientific Reports in 2017. Featuring authors from across the globe, including members of our Editorial Board, this Collection showcases research that's highly valued by the international microbiology community.

Congratulations to the featured members of Scientific Reports' Editorial Board: Joy Scaria, Zoltán Oltvai, Carlotta De Filippo, James Boedicker and Ji-Zheng He.

Scientific Reports published more than 2,000 microbiology papers in 2017, so a position in the top 100 most highly-read articles is a notable achievement.