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Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1886

ISSN1432-1831

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.823

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.822

Total Worksi

8,538

Total Citationsi

82,555

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Microbiology; Immunology and Allergy; Medicine (miscellaneous); Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1886

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2013-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,538

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-1831

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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

2.1k

2019

1.2k

2020

772

2021

658

2022

210

2023

178

2024

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.

ImmunologyQ2

Immunology and AllergyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Microbiology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyImmunology and AllergyMedicine (miscellaneous)Microbiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mycobacterium research and diagnosisEscherichia coli research studiesHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchDiphtheria, Corynebacterium, and TetanusBacteriophages and microbial interactionsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMicrobial infections and disease researchToxin Mechanisms and ImmunotoxinsCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Frequently asked questions about Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Is Medical Microbiology and Immunology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Microbiology and Immunology: 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 Medical Microbiology and Immunology?

Medical Microbiology and Immunology 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 2.30.

Is Medical Microbiology and Immunology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Microbiology and Immunology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Microbiology and Immunology?