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Clinical Microbiology Reviews

American Society for Microbiology · United States

ISSN0893-8512eISSN1098-6618

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

6.584

H-Indexi

418

SNIPi

6.461

Total Worksi

1,833

Total Citationsi

560,969

2yr Mean Citednessi

14.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Clinical Microbiology Reviews publishes reviews on pathogenic mechanisms, specific or groups of microbial pathogens, and clinical and laboratory aspects of newly recognized or reemerging infectious diseases. It also covers recently developed antimicrobial agents and their application, as well as new diagnostic laboratory technology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,833

Publisher OrgAmerican Society for Microbiology

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Society for Microbiology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0893-8512 / 1098-6618

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

14k

2019

11k

2020

4.8k

2021

3.2k

2022

1.7k

2023

2.3k

2024

664

2025

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.

EpidemiologyQ1

Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Q1

Infectious DiseasesQ1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)Epidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyFungal Infections and Studies

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Is Clinical Microbiology Reviews a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Microbiology Reviews: 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 Clinical Microbiology Reviews?

Clinical Microbiology Reviews 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 14.49.

Is Clinical Microbiology Reviews indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Microbiology Reviews is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.