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Folia Microbiologica

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1917

ISSN1874-9356

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.677

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.836

Total Worksi

6,063

Total Citationsi

73,987

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

This journal takes an open approach that spans general, soil, medical and industrial microbiology, plus some branches of immunology. Folia Microbiologica is an English-language journal and publishes original articles, reviews and short communications. The coverage includes cutting-edge methods and promising new topics, as well as studies using established methods that exhibit promise in practical applications such as medicine, animal husbandry and more.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1917

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,063

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 B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1874-9356

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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

1.6k

2020

1.4k

2021

1.4k

2022

954

2023

115

644

2024

167

315

2025

173

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

MicrobiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Enzyme Production and CharacterizationFungal Biology and ApplicationsProbiotics and Fermented FoodsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionFungal and yeast genetics researchBiofuel production and bioconversionPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis

Frequently asked questions about Folia Microbiologica

Is Folia Microbiologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Folia Microbiologica: 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 Folia Microbiologica?

Folia Microbiologica 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 1.85.

Is Folia Microbiologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Folia Microbiologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.