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New Microbes and New Infections

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1975

ISSN2052-2975eISSN2052-2975

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.338

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.636

Total Worksi

1,807

Total Citationsi

22,812

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

168

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Microbiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 203 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,807

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2052-2975 / 2052-2975

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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

119

2019

200

5.2k

2020

113

1.8k

2021

122

885

2022

134

994

2023

341

729

2024

133

335

2025

139

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ3

MicrobiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaViral Infections and VectorsGut microbiota and healthSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlMycobacterium research and diagnosisDiphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus

Frequently asked questions about New Microbes and New Infections

Is New Microbes and New Infections a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for New Microbes and New Infections: 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 New Microbes and New Infections?

New Microbes and New Infections 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 1.52.

Is New Microbes and New Infections indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

New Microbes and New Infections is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of New Microbes and New Infections?