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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 1684-1182Verify ISSN ↗1995-9133Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 52 / 361 | 85th | Q1 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | 10 / 63 | 84th | Q1 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 31 / 147 | 79th | Q1 |
| Immunology and Allergy | 56 / 234 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.8.
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection is Q1 in Infectious Diseases (rank 52 of 361), Q1 in Immunology and Microbiology (all) (rank 10 of 63) and Q1 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 31 of 147), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection 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 7.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.066, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 85.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 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.
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1684-1182 and its online ISSN is 1995-9133.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection has an h-index of 89 and a 2-year mean of 3.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #93 of 354 Scopus journals in Infectious Diseases.
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection published 134 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 179. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Taiwan (65%), China (16.2%) and Japan (3.4%). 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. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 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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