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MicrobiologyOpen

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1964

ISSN2045-8827eISSN2045-8827

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.082

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.04

Total Worksi

1,759

Total Citationsi

38,563

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

FrequencyFour Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,759

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

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 Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2045-8827 / 2045-8827

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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

201

4.9k

2019

172

3.7k

2020

102

1.9k

2021

1.8k

2022

422

2023

316

2024

183

392

2025

177

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGut microbiota and healthBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacteriophages and microbial interactionsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaVibrio bacteria research studiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Frequently asked questions about MicrobiologyOpen

Is MicrobiologyOpen a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for MicrobiologyOpen: 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 MicrobiologyOpen?

MicrobiologyOpen 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 1.22.

Is MicrobiologyOpen indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

MicrobiologyOpen is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of MicrobiologyOpen?