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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2011 (also 2003–2009, 1999–2001)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
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Contributions to Microbiology
Contributions to Microbiology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by S. Karger AG.
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ISSN 1420-9519Verify ISSN ↗1662-291XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: S. Karger AG
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Contributions to Microbiology indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2011 (also 2003–2009, 1999–2001)).
What is the impact factor of Contributions to Microbiology?
Contributions to Microbiology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Contributions to Microbiology and what is its ISSN?
Contributions to Microbiology is published by S. Karger AG. Its print ISSN is 1420-9519 and its online ISSN is 1662-291X.
Is Contributions to Microbiology in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Contributions to Microbiology open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Contributions to Microbiology for 11 years, between 1999 and 2011, with 2 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2011, 15 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 269 works and 6,699 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2014, 3 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2011. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is Contributions to Microbiology? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Contributions to Microbiology has an h-index of 46 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
46
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
148
i10-index
269
works indexed
6,699
total citations
Contributions to Microbiology published 1 papers in 2014; its busiest recent year was 2000 with 64. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Contributions to Microbiology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2011. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2011
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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