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Microbiology Australia

CSIRO Publishing · Australia · Est. 1900

ISSN1324-4272eISSN2201-9189

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.312

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.276

Total Worksi

1,547

Total Citationsi

4,581

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Microbiology (medical); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1900

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,547

Publisher OrgCSIRO Publishing

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CSIRO Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1324-4272 / 2201-9189

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

259

2019

780

2020

142

2021

239

2022

255

2023

178

2024

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.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ3

Microbiology (medical)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

MicrobiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMicrobiologyMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyViral Infections and VectorsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyZoonotic diseases and public healthGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyInfluenza Virus Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Microbiology Australia

Is Microbiology Australia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Microbiology Australia: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Microbiology Australia?

Microbiology Australia 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 1.25.

Is Microbiology Australia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Microbiology Australia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Microbiology Australia?