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Methods in Microbiology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.6). Published by Academic Press Inc..
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ISSN 0580-9517Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microbiology (medical) | 100 / 147 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Microbiology | 142 / 194 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present (also 2006–2007, 2004, 2001–2002, 1998–1999, 1990–1992, 1988, 1984–1985, 1978–1979, 1976, 1969–1973), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.6.
Methods in Microbiology is Q3 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 100 of 147) and Q3 in Microbiology (rank 142 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
Methods in Microbiology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q3, 32nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Methods in Microbiology is published by Academic Press Inc. Its ISSN is 0580-9517.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Methods in Microbiology has an h-index of 72 and a 2-year mean of 1.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #93 of 144 Scopus journals in Microbiology (medical).
Methods in Microbiology published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 35. 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.
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.
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