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Microbiome

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1967

ISSN2049-2618eISSN2049-2618

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.166

H-Indexi

228

SNIPi

2.711

Total Worksi

2,408

Total Citationsi

225,391

2yr Mean Citednessi

11.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology; Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,408

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

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

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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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?

2049-2618 / 2049-2618

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

160

26k

2019

170

24k

2020

245

26k

2021

247

18k

2022

277

12k

2023

277

8.2k

2024

305

3.1k

2025

218

183

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.

MicrobiologyQ1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Microbiology (medical)Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gut microbiota and healthMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchBacteriophages and microbial interactionsProbiotics and Fermented FoodsPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityOral microbiology and periodontitis researchPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Frequently asked questions about Microbiome

Is Microbiome a predatory journal?

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

Microbiome 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 11.78.

Is Microbiome indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Microbiome?