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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists · India

ISSN0255-0857eISSN1998-3646
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / SJROpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.418
H-Indexi
80
SNIPi
0.501
Total Worksi
4,042
Total Citationsi
44,700
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.03
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
2
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Immunology and Allergy; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionIndia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
Annual Volume~ 177 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications4,042
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0255-0857 / 1998-3646
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
106
1.2k
2019
120
1.2k
2020
606
1.2k
2021
160
807
2022
156
603
2023
186
486
2024
189
165
2025
193
17
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Immunology and AllergyQ3
Infectious DiseasesQ3
MicrobiologyQ3
Microbiology (medical)Q3
ImmunologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Immunology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyImmunology and AllergyInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityMycobacterium research and diagnosisAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Is Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology?

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.03.

Is Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology?

Subject areas: Immunology; Immunology and Allergy; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Microbiology (medical).

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref