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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters

Korean Society for Microbiolog and Biotechnology · South Korea · Est. 2012

ISSN2234-7305

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.199

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.232

Total Worksi

951

Total Citationsi

3,356

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Microbiology.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 77 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications951

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society for Microbiolog and Biotechnology

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2234-7305

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

435

2019

366

2020

214

2021

189

2022

158

2023

2024

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.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ4

BiotechnologyQ4

MicrobiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMicrobiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Quality and Safety StudiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsEnzyme Production and CharacterizationBiofuel production and bioconversionMicrobial Metabolism and ApplicationsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyAlgal biology and biofuel productionPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Frequently asked questions about Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters

Is Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters?

Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.199.

Is Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters?