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Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences

Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture · Slovakia · Est. 1978

ISSN1338-5178eISSN1338-5178

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

0.268

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.361

Total Worksi

2,183

Total Citationsi

11,880

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science & Technology; Biotechnology; Food Science; Microbiology; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionSlovakia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 164 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,183

Publisher OrgSlovak University of Agriculture

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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?

Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1338-5178 / 1338-5178

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

195

1.6k

2019

187

1.5k

2020

256

1.3k

2021

215

880

2022

161

528

2023

157

381

2024

173

109

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyFood ScienceMicrobiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsEnzyme Production and CharacterizationMeat and Animal Product QualityMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesFood composition and propertiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiofuel production and bioconversionFungal Biology and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences

Is Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences: 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 Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences?

Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences 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 0.94.

Is Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences?