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Animal Microbiome

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN2524-4671eISSN2524-4671

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.16

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.152

Total Worksi

556

Total Citationsi

9,099

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology; Veterinary Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Animal Science and Zoology; Microbiology (medical); Veterinary (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyContinuously Updated

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications556

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

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

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2524-4671 / 2524-4671

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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

1.1k

2019

1.5k

2020

3.2k

2021

2022

1.2k

2023

668

2024

134

484

2025

123

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MicrobiologyVeterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Veterinary (miscellaneous)Microbiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gut microbiota and healthAnimal Nutrition and PhysiologyAquaculture disease management and microbiotaClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesAnimal health and immunologyPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsProbiotics and Fermented Foods

Frequently asked questions about Animal Microbiome

Is Animal Microbiome a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Animal Microbiome: 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 Animal Microbiome?

Animal Microbiome 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 2.85.

Is Animal Microbiome indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Animal Microbiome is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Animal Microbiome?