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1978–1996
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Microbiological Reviews
Microbiological Reviews is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by American Society for Microbiology.
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ISSN 0146-0749Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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Quick answers
Is Microbiological Reviews indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1978–1996).
What is the impact factor of Microbiological Reviews?
Microbiological Reviews has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Microbiological Reviews and what is its ISSN?
Microbiological Reviews is published by American Society for Microbiology. Its ISSN is 0146-0749.
Is Microbiological Reviews in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Microbiological Reviews open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Microbiological Reviews for 19 years, between 1978 and 1996. Coverage ended in 1996, 30 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
How well cited is Microbiological Reviews? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Microbiological Reviews has an h-index of 294 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
294
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
938
i10-index
995
works indexed
303,534
total citations
Microbiological Reviews published 1 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 1991 with 76. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Microbiological Reviews? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1996. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1996
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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