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Engineering Microbiology

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2021

ISSN2667-3703

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.377

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.166

Total Worksi

164

Total Citationsi

1,933

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Bioengineering.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications164

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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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

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2667-3703

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, 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

207

2021

901

2022

758

2023

334

2024

144

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 BiotechnologyQ1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

BioengineeringQ1

MicrobiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)BioengineeringApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMicrobiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionMicrobial Natural Products and BiosynthesisCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBiofuel production and bioconversionEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationBacteriophages and microbial interactionsPlant biochemistry and biosynthesisAlgal biology and biofuel productionEnzyme Production and Characterization

Frequently asked questions about Engineering Microbiology

Is Engineering Microbiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Engineering 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 Engineering Microbiology?

Engineering 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 4.03.

Is Engineering Microbiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Engineering Microbiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Engineering Microbiology?