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Microbial Cell

Shared Science Publishers OG · Austria · Est. 2014

ISSN2311-2638eISSN2311-2638

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 7.2. 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

0.824

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

7.2

SNIPi

1.21

Total Worksi

651

Total Citationsi

12,260

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Microbial Cell is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes exceptionally relevant research works that implement the use of unicellular organisms (and multicellular microorganisms) to understand cellular responses to internal and external stimuli and/or human diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionAustria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications651

Publisher OrgShared Science Publishers OG

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

The Austrian National Library

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Shared Science Publishers OG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2311-2638 / 2311-2638

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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?

The Austrian National Library

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

1.5k

2019

1.2k

2020

835

2021

226

2022

432

2023

198

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.

ParasitologyQ1

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ2

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsVirologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMicrobiologyMolecular BiologyCell BiologyParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fungal and yeast genetics researchBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyMitochondrial Function and PathologyRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGut microbiota and healthGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionDNA Repair MechanismsAutophagy in Disease and TherapyEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Frequently asked questions about Microbial Cell

Is Microbial Cell a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Microbial Cell: 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 Microbial Cell?

Microbial Cell 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 7.2.

Is Microbial Cell indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Microbial Cell is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.