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International Journal of Medical Microbiology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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ISSN 1438-4221Verify ISSN ↗1618-0607Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 153 / 361 | 57th | Q2 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 72 / 147 | 51st | Q2 |
| Microbiology | 113 / 194 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.2.
International Journal of Medical Microbiology is Q2 in Infectious Diseases (rank 153 of 361), Q2 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 72 of 147) and Q3 in Microbiology (rank 113 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Medical 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.930, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 118.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,410 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.
International Journal of Medical Microbiology is published by Elsevier GmbH. Its print ISSN is 1438-4221 and its online ISSN is 1618-0607.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Medical Microbiology has an h-index of 131 and a 2-year mean of 2.72 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #111 of 354 Scopus journals in Infectious Diseases.
International Journal of Medical Microbiology published 54 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 101. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (31.3%), Germany (17.4%) and France (5.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
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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