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Molecular Microbiology

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United Kingdom · Est. 1957

ISSN1365-2958

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.

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📊 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

1.314

H-Indexi

334

SNIPi

0.828

Total Worksi

15,698

Total Citationsi

1,164,648

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1957

FrequencyTwenty Three No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,698

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1365-2958

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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

264

6.5k

2019

255

5.9k

2020

228

3.4k

2021

154

1.5k

2022

193

1.8k

2023

144

791

2024

186

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.

MicrobiologyQ1

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

MicrobiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingFungal and yeast genetics researchEscherichia coli research studiesGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesVibrio bacteria research studiesDNA Repair Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Microbiology

Is Molecular Microbiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Microbiology: 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 Molecular Microbiology?

Molecular Microbiology 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 2.70.

Is Molecular Microbiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular Microbiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Microbiology?