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Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Microbiology Society · United Kingdom · Est. 1947

ISSN1350-0872eISSN1465-2080

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.242

H-Indexi

254

SNIPi

0.732

Total Worksi

13,594

Total Citationsi

695,971

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1947

FrequencyMonthly, 1994-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications13,594

Publisher OrgMicrobiology Society

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Microbiology Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1350-0872 / 1465-2080

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

125

3.7k

2019

122

2020

117

1.8k

2021

151

2.5k

2022

140

2.4k

2023

642

2024

121

264

2025

116

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.

MicrobiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsFungal and yeast genetics researchAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Frequently asked questions about Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Is Microbiology (United Kingdom) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Microbiology (United Kingdom): 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 (United Kingdom)?

Microbiology (United Kingdom) 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 2.36.

Is Microbiology (United Kingdom) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Microbiology (United Kingdom) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Microbiology (United Kingdom)?