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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

American Society for Microbiology · United States · Est. 1870

ISSN1098-6596

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.473

H-Indexi

353

SNIPi

1.098

Total Worksi

33,770

Total Citationsi

1,855,538

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Infectious Diseases; Pharmacology; Pharmacology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1870

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications33,770

Publisher OrgAmerican Society for Microbiology

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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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?

1098-6596

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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

876

31k

2019

773

23k

2020

695

14k

2021

427

8.7k

2022

368

4.7k

2023

437

3.4k

2024

439

1.5k

2025

339

159

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ1

PharmacologyQ1

Pharmacology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MicrobiologyPharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmacology (medical)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMycobacterium research and diagnosis

Frequently asked questions about Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Is Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: 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 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy?

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 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 3.38.

Is Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy?