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Beneficial Microbes

BRILL · Netherlands · Est. 1967

ISSN1876-2891

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.847

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.646

Total Worksi

961

Total Citationsi

31,554

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Metapress is a blog that shares the latest news on Technology, Business, Entertainment, Science, and Health. We have a dedicated team to share whatever is trending in almost every field.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications961

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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?

BRILL

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1876-2891

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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

2.6k

2019

2.5k

2020

812

2021

501

2022

449

2023

158

2024

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.

MicrobiologyQ2

Microbiology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MicrobiologyNutrition & Dietetics

Scopus Categories

Microbiology (medical)Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsGut microbiota and healthMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyDiet and metabolism studiesClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchGastrointestinal motility and disordersInfant Health and DevelopmentInfant Nutrition and HealthViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyDigestive system and related health

Frequently asked questions about Beneficial Microbes

Is Beneficial Microbes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Beneficial Microbes: 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 Beneficial Microbes?

Beneficial Microbes 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 1.60.

Is Beneficial Microbes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Beneficial Microbes is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Beneficial Microbes?