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Microbial Biotechnology

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1751-7915eISSN1751-7915

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.392

H-Indexi

134

SNIPi

1.119

Total Worksi

2,785

Total Citationsi

93,251

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Biochemistry; Bioengineering; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,785

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-7915 / 1751-7915

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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

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

164

2019

219

7.9k

2020

258

2021

227

4.2k

2022

187

2023

261

3.3k

2024

251

1.1k

2025

146

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.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ1

BiochemistryQ1

BioengineeringQ1

BiotechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBiochemistryBioengineeringApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiofuel production and bioconversionMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGut microbiota and healthBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityProbiotics and Fermented FoodsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesEnzyme Catalysis and Immobilization

Frequently asked questions about Microbial Biotechnology

Is Microbial Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Microbial Biotechnology: 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 Microbial Biotechnology?

Microbial Biotechnology 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 5.79.

Is Microbial Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Microbial Biotechnology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Microbial Biotechnology?