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Gut Pathogens is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1757-4749Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parasitology | 10 / 82 | 88th | Q1 |
| Gastroenterology | 30 / 176 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Infectious Diseases | 75 / 361 | 79th | Q1 |
| Virology | 26 / 86 | 70th | Q2 |
| Microbiology | 68 / 194 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.4.
Gut Pathogens is Q1 in Parasitology (rank 10 of 82), Q1 in Gastroenterology (rank 30 of 176) and Q1 in Infectious Diseases (rank 75 of 361), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Gut Pathogens 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 6.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.169, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 65.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,390 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.
Gut Pathogens is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1757-4749.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Gut Pathogens has an h-index of 78 and a 2-year mean of 5.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 80 Scopus journals in Parasitology.
Gut Pathogens published 116 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (19.5%), United States (11.4%) and Iran (8.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 9 retracted papers are recorded (8.9 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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