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Pathogens is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 67 / 361 | 81st | Q1 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | 13 / 63 | 80th | Q1 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 40 / 147 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Immunology and Allergy | 70 / 234 | 70th | Q2 |
| Molecular Biology | 154 / 414 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.7.
Pathogens is Q1 in Infectious Diseases (rank 67 of 361), Q1 in Immunology and Microbiology (all) (rank 13 of 63) and Q2 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 40 of 147), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Pathogens 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 6.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.965, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 96.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,654 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.
Pathogens is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2076-0817.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Pathogens has an h-index of 122 and a 2-year mean of 4.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #48 of 354 Scopus journals in Infectious Diseases.
Pathogens published 1,326 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 1,674. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (13.3%), Italy (9.6%) and China (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 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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