Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health
BMFH is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at providing insight into the study of intestinal microbiota, development of probiotics/prebiotics/biogenics, bioscience of lactic acid bacteria, and food immunology and food function. The journal publishes reports of significant results as high quality full papers and notes dealing with advanced research in these fields. Letters to the editor can be submitted to the journal. BMFH also features review articles targeted to broader audience.

Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health is indexed and abstracted in the following media.
· Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®)
· Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
· Biological Abstracts
· BIOSIS Previews
The editors welcome original papers pertaining to all areas of intestinal microbiota of humans and other animals, food immunology, food function, and lactic acid bacteria.
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Published by BMFH Press  
637 registered articles
(updated on November 03, 2025)
Online ISSN : 2186-3342
ISSN-L : 2186-3342
2.9
2024 Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
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About the journal

BMFH is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at providing insight into the study of intestinal microbiota, development of probiotics/prebiotics/biogenics, bioscience of lactic acid bacteria, and food immunology and food function. The journal publishes reports of significant results as high quality full papers and notes dealing with advanced research in these fields. Letters to the editor can be submitted to the journal. BMFH also features review articles targeted to broader audience.

Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health is indexed and abstracted in the following media.
· Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®)
· Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
· Biological Abstracts
· BIOSIS Previews
The editors welcome original papers pertaining to all areas of intestinal microbiota of humans and other animals, food immunology, food function, and lactic acid bacteria.

Published by BMFH Press   

Our Editorial team
Jiro NAKAYAMA

Editor-in-Chief
Kyushu University, Fukuoka

  • Satoshi HACHIMURA

    VICE-Editor-in-Chief
    The University of Tokyo, Tokyo

  • Nobuhiko OKADA

    VICE-Editor-in-Chief
    Kitasato University, Tokyo

  • Leon M.T. DICKS

    Editor
    Stellenbosch University, South Africa

  • Satoru FUKIYA

    Editor
    Hokkaido University, Hokkaido

  • Koji HASE

    Editor
    Keio University, Tokyo

  • Akira HOSONO

    Editor
    Nihon University, Kanagawa

  • Akinobu KAJIKAWA

    Editor
    Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo

  • Yasushi KAWAI

    Editor
    Nihon University, Kanagawa

  • Haruki KITAZAWA

    Editor
    Tohoku University, Miyagi

  • Jan KOK

    Editor
    University of Groningen, Netherlands

  • Jun KUNISAWA

    Editor
    National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka

  • Wan-Kyu LEE

    Editor
    Chungbuk National University, South Korea

  • Yuan-Kun LEE

    Editor
    National University of Singapore, Singapore

  • Wenhua LING

    Editor
    Sun Yat-Sen University, Republic of China

  • Soheila J. MALEKI

    Editor
    United States Department of Agriculture, USA

  • Takahiro MATSUKI

    Editor
    Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo

  • Vyacheslav MELNIKOV

    Editor
    Gabrichevsky Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russia

  • Hiroto MORITA

    Editor
    Asahi Quality and Innovations, Ltd., Ibaraki

  • Atsushi NAKAJIMA

    Editor
    Yokohama City University, Kanagawa

  • Kiminori NAKAMURA

    Editor
    Hokkaido University, Sapporo

  • Keita NISHIYAMA

    Editor
    Tohoku University, Sendai

  • Naoko OHTANI

    Editor
    Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka

  • Keiko OSAKI

    Editor
    Kyorin University, Tokyo

  • Joseph RAFTER

    Editor
    Karolinska Institute, Sweden

  • Seppo SALMINEN

    Editor
    University of Turku, Finland

  • Reiko SHINKURA

    Editor
    The University of Tokyo, Tokyo

  • Kei SONOYAMA

    Editor
    Hokkaido University, Sapporo

  • Ingrid SURONO

    Editor
    Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia

  • Chise SUZUKI

    Editor
    Nihon University, Kanagawa

  • Sachi TANAKA

    Editor
    Shinshu University, Nagano

  • Masako TODA

    Editor
    Tohoku University, Miyagi

  • Masanori TOHNO

    Editor
    NARO Central Region Agricultural Research Center, Tochigi

  • Noriko TSUJI

    Editor
    Jumonji University, Saitama

  • Yuji YAMAMOTO

    Editor
    Kitasato University, Aomori

  • Tadashi YOSHIDA

    Editor
    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo

  • Shin YOSHIMOTO

    Editor
    Morinaga Milk, Kanagawa

Subject areas
  • Chemistry
  • Biology, Life Sciences and Basic Medicine
  • Agriculture and Food Sciences
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  • TitleBioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health
  • PublisherBMFH Press
  • Address1-24-12 Sugamo,Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-0002, Japan
  • Contact email address
    Email (change "(at)" to "@")    bmfh(at)ipec-pub.co.jp
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