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Current Research in Microbial Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2666-5174Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) | 2 / 43 | 96th | Q1 |
| Infectious Diseases | 43 / 361 | 88th | Q1 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 26 / 147 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Microbiology | 43 / 194 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.2.
Current Research in Microbial Sciences is Q1 in Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (rank 2 of 43), Q1 in Infectious Diseases (rank 43 of 361) and Q1 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 26 of 147), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Current Research in Microbial Sciences is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 8.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.144, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 35.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,680 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.
Current Research in Microbial Sciences is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2666-5174.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Current Research in Microbial Sciences has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 4.54 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 43 Scopus journals in Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous).
Current Research in Microbial Sciences published 200 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (36.9%), United States (7.5%) and Spain (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.6 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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