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Cellular Microbiology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 1462-5814Verify ISSN ↗1462-5822Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virology | 57 / 86 | 34th | Q3 |
| Microbiology | 138 / 194 | 29th | Q3 |
| Immunology | 176 / 243 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1999–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.9.
Cellular Microbiology is Q3 in Virology (rank 57 of 86), Q3 in Microbiology (rank 138 of 194) and Q3 in Immunology (rank 176 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Cellular 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 34th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.559, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 168.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,350 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.
Cellular Microbiology is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1462-5814 and its online ISSN is 1462-5822.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Cellular Microbiology has an h-index of 191 and a 2-year mean of 1.33 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 85 Scopus journals in Virology.
Cellular Microbiology published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 179. 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 97 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (30.9%), United States (8.4%) and United Kingdom (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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