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Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications.
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ISSN 0377-4929Verify ISSN ↗0974-5130Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | 151 / 209 | 27th | Q3 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 119 / 147 | 19th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1974–present (also 1972), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.2.
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology is Q3 in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (rank 151 of 209) and Q4 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 119 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
Indian Journal of Pathology and 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 1.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 27th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.253, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 40.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$200 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.
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. Its print ISSN is 0377-4929 and its online ISSN is 0974-5130.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 0.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #122 of 208 Scopus journals in Pathology and Forensic Medicine.
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology published 116 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 331. 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 87 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (81%), China (7.5%) and Türkiye (4.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are 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.
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