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Japanese Journal of Microbiology

Japanese Journal of Microbiology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Igaku-Shoin Ltd.

ISSN 0021-5139Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Igaku-Shoin Ltd

Scopus · Inactive
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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is Japanese Journal of Microbiology indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1957–1976).

What is the impact factor of Japanese Journal of Microbiology? Japanese Journal of Microbiology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is Japanese Journal of Microbiology in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Japanese Journal of Microbiology open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

38
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
317
i10-index
1,121
works indexed
10,099
total citations
Papers published per year
0501001968: 71 papers7119681969: 59 papers5919691970: 65 papers6519701971: 83 papers8319711972: 79 papers7919721973: 89 papers8919731974: 77 papers7719741975: 87 papers8719751976: 86 papers8619762013: 1 papers12013Scopus coverage ends 1976

Japanese Journal of Microbiology published 1 papers in 2013; its busiest recent year was 1973 with 89. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Mycobacterium research and diagnosisBacteriophages and microbial interactionsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1976
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0021-5139 ↗

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