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FEMS Microbiology Letters

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1854

ISSN1574-6968

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.596

H-Indexi

238

SNIPi

0.587

Total Worksi

33,917

Total Citationsi

750,738

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology; Genetics; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1854

Annual Volume~ 134 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications33,917

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1574-6968

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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

281

5.7k

2019

213

3.4k

2020

161

2021

125

1.4k

2022

137

2023

116

375

2024

148

282

2025

101

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.

GeneticsQ3

MicrobiologyQ3

Molecular BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsMicrobiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsProbiotics and Fermented FoodsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaEscherichia coli research studiesEnzyme Production and Characterization

Frequently asked questions about FEMS Microbiology Letters

Is FEMS Microbiology Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for FEMS Microbiology Letters: 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 FEMS Microbiology Letters?

FEMS Microbiology Letters 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 1.46.

Is FEMS Microbiology Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

FEMS Microbiology Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of FEMS Microbiology Letters?