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Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5). Published by Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co.Ltd.
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ISSN 0254-5101Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co.Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virology | 80 / 86 | 7th | Q4 |
| Microbiology | 187 / 194 | 3rd | Q4 |
| Immunology | 235 / 243 | 3rd | 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 1993–present (also 1974–1989, 1972), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology is Q4 in Virology (rank 80 of 86), Q4 in Microbiology (rank 187 of 194) and Q4 in Immunology (rank 235 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 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 0.5, 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 0.119, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 9.
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology is published by Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co.Ltd. Its ISSN is 0254-5101.
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.
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #81 of 85 Scopus journals in Virology.
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology published 1 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 236. 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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