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Applied Microbiology (Switzerland) is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2673-8007Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | 63 / 144 | 56th | Q2 |
| Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) | 57 / 106 | 46th | Q3 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 80 / 134 | 40th | Q3 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Applied Microbiology (Switzerland) is Q2 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (rank 63 of 144), Q3 in Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 57 of 106) and Q3 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 80 of 134), by CiteScore 2025.
Applied Microbiology (Switzerland) 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 3.6, quartile Q2, 56th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.494, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 18.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,207 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Applied Microbiology (Switzerland) is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2673-8007.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied Microbiology (Switzerland) has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 3.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 141 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).
Applied Microbiology (Switzerland) published 156 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.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (9.8%), Peru (6.5%) and Mexico (5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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