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Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Bulgarian Society for Microbiology (Union of Scientists in Bulgaria).
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ISSN 0204-8809Verify ISSN ↗2603-3755Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Bulgarian Society for Microbiology (Union of Scientists in Bulgaria)
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 207 / 223 | 7th | Q4 |
| Microbiology | 184 / 194 | 5th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present (also 1993, 1978–1990), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica is Q4 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 207 of 223) and Q4 in Microbiology (rank 184 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4, 7th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.150, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 7.
Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica is published by Bulgarian Society for Microbiology (Union of Scientists in Bulgaria). Its print ISSN is 0204-8809 and its online ISSN is 2603-3755.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica has an h-index of 6 and a 2-year mean of 0.43 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #188 of 221 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all).
Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica published 65 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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