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Gut Pathogens

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1977

ISSN1757-4749eISSN1757-4749

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.169

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.978

Total Worksi

970

Total Citationsi

29,192

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Microbiology; Gastroenterology; Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Virology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 87 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications970

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, 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

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1757-4749 / 1757-4749

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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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

2.4k

2019

1.9k

2020

2021

1.1k

2022

871

2023

902

2024

116

493

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.

GastroenterologyQ1

Infectious DiseasesQ1

ParasitologyQ1

VirologyQ1

MicrobiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & HepatologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

VirologyGastroenterologyInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gut microbiota and healthClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyEscherichia coli research studiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaVibrio bacteria research studiesVeterinary medicine and infectious diseases

Frequently asked questions about Gut Pathogens

Is Gut Pathogens a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gut Pathogens: 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 Gut Pathogens?

Gut Pathogens 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 3.89.

Is Gut Pathogens indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gut Pathogens is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Gut Pathogens?