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Best Microbiology (medical) journals

146 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Microbiology (medical). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 37 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Clinical Microbiology Reviews 28.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Nature Microbiology 28.8 98th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Trends in Microbiology 25.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 The Lancet Microbe 24.8 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Microbiome 23 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Gut Microbes 19.5 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Food Packaging and Shelf Life 19.4 95th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Clinical Infectious Diseases 17.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Clinical Microbiology and Infection 17.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Current Opinion in Microbiology 14.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
11 Eurosurveillance 13.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 British Journal of Biomedical Science 12.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Antibiotics 10.2 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Journal of Infection 10.1 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Frontiers in Microbiology 9.9 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 9.6 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Emerging Infectious Diseases 9.5 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Infectious Diseases and Therapy 9.3 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 9.1 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy 9.1 86th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology 8.8 86th Q1 – – Yes
22 Journal of Fungi 8.7 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
23 Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 8.4 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 8.3 84th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Microorganisms 8.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Current Research in Microbial Sciences 8.2 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
27 Journal of Oral Microbiology 8.2 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Journal of Clinical Microbiology 8.1 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 8.1 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
30 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 8 79th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection 7.8 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
32 Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 7.6 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 AIMS Microbiology 7.6 77th Q1 ESCI – No
34 Microbiology Spectrum 7.5 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Infection 7.4 76th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Virulence 7.2 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 7 75th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Molecular Oral Microbiology 7 74th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Animal Microbiome 6.9 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
40 Pathogens 6.7 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
41 Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 6.7 72nd Q2 – – No
42 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 6.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
43 BMC Microbiology 6.5 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
44 Pathogens and Disease 6.3 70th Q2 – – No
45 Infectious Medicine 6.2 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
46 Microbial Risk Analysis 6.1 69th Q2 SCIE – No
47 Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 6.1 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
48 Medical Microbiology and Immunology 5.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
49 Journal of Hospital Infection 5.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 5.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
51 Biosafety and Health 5.6 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
52 Beneficial Microbes 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE – No
53 hLife 5.5 64th Q2 – – Yes
54 Infection, Genetics and Evolution 5.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
55 Current Clinical Microbiology Reports 5.4 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
56 JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 5.3 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 5.3 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
58 International Journal of Microbiology 5.3 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
59 Infezioni in Medicina 5.1 60th Q2 – – No
60 Microbial Drug Resistance 5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
61 European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5 58th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Frontiers in Antibiotics 5 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
63 Current Issues in Molecular Biology 5 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
64 Journal of Water and Health 4.8 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
65 European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 4.6 56th Q2 ESCI – No
66 Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia 4.5 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
67 Infectious Diseases 4.4 54th Q2 SCIE – No
68 International Microbiology 4.4 54th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Tuberculosis 4.3 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
70 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 4.3 52nd Q2 – – Yes
71 Pathogens and Immunity 4.3 52nd Q2 – – Yes
72 International Journal of Medical Microbiology 4.2 51st Q2 SCIE – Yes
73 Future Microbiology 4.2 50th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Sage Open Pathology 4.1 50th Q2 ESCI – No
75 APMIS 4.1 49th Q3 SCIE – No
76 Journal of Medical Microbiology 3.8 48th Q3 SCIE – No
77 Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 3.8 47th Q3 – – Yes
78 Journal of Microbiological Methods 3.8 47th Q3 SCIE – No
79 Revista Argentina de Microbiologia 3.7 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
80 Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 3.7 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
81 Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 3.7 45th Q3 SCIE – No
82 Microbiology Research 3.5 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
83 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 3.5 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
84 Polish Journal of Microbiology 3.4 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
85 PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research 3.4 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
86 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
87 Frontiers in Microbiomes 3.2 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
88 Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE – No
89 Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica 3.1 39th Q3 SCIE – No
90 Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 3.1 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
91 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
92 GERMS 2.9 37th Q3 ESCI – No
93 Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets 2.9 37th Q3 – – No
94 Surgical Infections 2.9 36th Q3 SCIE – No
95 Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2.8 35th Q3 SCIE – No
96 Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2.8 35th Q3 SCIE – No
97 International Journal of Mycobacteriology 2.7 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
98 Microorganisms for Sustainability 2.7 34th Q3 – – No
99 Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2.7 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
100 Methods in Microbiology 2.6 32nd Q3 – – No
101 Iranian Journal of Microbiology 2.6 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
102 Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica 2.4 30th Q3 SCIE – No
103 Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2.3 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
104 Microbiology Australia 2.3 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
105 Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology 2.3 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
106 Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2.2 28th Q3 SCIE – No
107 New Microbiologica 2.1 27th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Access Microbiology 2.1 26th Q3 – – Yes
109 Infectious Microbes and Diseases 2.1 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
110 Annals of Parasitology 1.9 25th Q3 – – No
111 JAMMI 1.8 24th Q4 ESCI – No
112 Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology 1.8 24th Q4 ESCI – No
113 Chinese Journal of Endemiology 1.8 23rd Q4 – – No
114 Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology 1.8 22nd Q4 – – No
115 Communicable Diseases Intelligence 1.7 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
116 Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 1.6 21st Q4 – – Yes
117 Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 1.5 20th Q4 – – No
118 Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni 1.5 20th Q4 SCIE – No
119 Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology 1.2 19th Q4 SCIE – Yes
120 Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal 1.1 18th Q4 – – No
121 Problemy Osobo Opasnykh Infektsii 1.1 18th Q4 – – Yes
122 Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 1 17th Q4 – – No
123 Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology 1 16th Q4 SCIE – No
124 Kliniceskaa Mikrobiologia i Antimikrobnaa Himioterapia 1 15th Q4 – – Yes
125 Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie 0.9 15th Q4 SCIE – No
126 Acta Microbiologica Hellenica (Switzerland) 0.9 14th Q4 – – Yes
127 Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials 0.8 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
128 Microbes and Infectious Diseases 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
129 Travmatologiya i Ortopediya Rossii 0.8 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
130 Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection 0.8 11th Q4 – – No
131 Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
132 Antibiotiki i Khimioterapiya 0.7 10th Q4 – – Yes
133 Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology 0.6 9th Q4 ESCI – No
134 Klimik Dergisi 0.6 9th Q4 ESCI – No
135 Infectio 0.6 8th Q4 ESCI – Yes
136 Chinese Journal of Microecology 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
137 Phytopathogenic Mollicutes 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
138 Turk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi 0.5 6th Q4 – – No
139 Extreme Medicine 0.5 5th Q4 – – No
140 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 0.4 4th Q4 ESCI – No
141 Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
142 One Health and Risk Management 0.2 3rd Q4 – – Yes
143 Acta Microscopica 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
144 IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
145 Klinicka Mikrobiologie a Infekcni Lekarstvi 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
146 Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

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