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Emerging Microbes and Infections

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1968

ISSN2222-1751eISSN2222-1751

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

150

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 133d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

2.269

H-Indexi

131

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.564

Total Worksi

2,520

Total Citationsi

100,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Emerging Microbes and Infections is a journal that disseminates information on microbes and infections, particularly those with increasing biological and clinical significance and pathogenic frequency. It covers topics such as vaccines, immune responses, epidemic surveillance, microbial infections, pathogens, clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management, cellular and molecular pathogenesis, and drug discovery.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1968

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,520

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~20 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2222-1751 / 2222-1751

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

177

7.9k

2019

313

35k

2020

248

10k

2021

294

9.6k

2022

235

4.8k

2023

293

3.6k

2024

251

2025

148

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.

Drug DiscoveryQ1

EpidemiologyQ1

ImmunologyQ1

Infectious DiseasesQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

MicrobiologyQ1

ParasitologyQ1

VirologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyDrug DiscoveryVirologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious DiseasesMicrobiologyEpidemiologyParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchViral Infections and VectorsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyInfluenza Virus Research StudiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesRespiratory viral infections researchAnimal Virus Infections StudiesViral Infections and Immunology Research

Frequently asked questions about Emerging Microbes and Infections

Is Emerging Microbes and Infections a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emerging Microbes and Infections: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Emerging Microbes and Infections?

Emerging Microbes and 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 6.20.

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

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