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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1852

ISSN2235-2988eISSN2235-2988

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.403

H-Indexi

182

SNIPi

1.191

Total Worksi

11,485

Total Citationsi

291,364

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology is a multidisciplinary open-access journal that publishes rigorous and high-quality research on all aspects of cellular and infection microbiology. The journal covers a broad range of topics including bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections, host-pathogen interactions, immunology, antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics, and therapeutic strategies. We aim to provide a platform for researchers to share their findings and advance the understanding of microbial pathogenesis and host defense mechanisms.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1852

Annual Volume~ 1,422 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,485

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2010

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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

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2235-2988 / 2235-2988

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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?

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

455

23k

2019

855

42k

2020

1.4k

47k

2021

2.1k

47k

2022

1.5k

24k

2023

1.2k

12k

2024

1.5k

6.6k

2025

1.4k

604

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.

ImmunologyQ1

Infectious DiseasesQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

MicrobiologyQ1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gut microbiota and healthAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchOral microbiology and periodontitis researchAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityMosquito-borne diseases and controlTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsReproductive tract infections research

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Is Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology: 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 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology?

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 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 3.82.

Is Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.