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Canadian Journal of Microbiology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.6), WoS SCIE. Published by National Research Council of Canada.
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ISSN 0008-4166Verify ISSN ↗1480-3275Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Research Council of Canada
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | 211 / 357 | 41st | Q3 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 81 / 134 | 39th | Q3 |
| Immunology | 157 / 243 | 35th | Q3 |
| Microbiology | 130 / 194 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Molecular Biology | 292 / 414 | 29th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1964–present (also 1954–1962), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.6.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in Genetics (rank 211 of 357), Q3 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 81 of 134) and Q3 in Immunology (rank 157 of 243), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.6, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 41st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.453, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 114.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology is published by National Research Council of Canada. Its print ISSN is 0008-4166 and its online ISSN is 1480-3275.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology has an h-index of 168 and a 2-year mean of 2.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #145 of 353 Scopus journals in Genetics.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology published 80 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 109. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Canada (48.9%), United States (10.2%) and China (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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