mLife

John Wiley and Sons Inc · China · Est. 2008

ISSN2097-1699eISSN2770-100X

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.59

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

258

Total Citationsi

1,978

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

mLife publishes open access research in all areas of microbiology. The journal scope includes biodiversity, ecology, evolution, biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, pathogenesis, public health, microbiomes, environmental microbiology, and bioinformatics.

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General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications258

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2097-1699 / 2770-100X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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

966

2022

613

2023

654

2024

175

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.

MicrobiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGut microbiota and healthBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Frequently asked questions about mLife

Is mLife a predatory journal?

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

mLife 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 3.78.

Is mLife indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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