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Polish Journal of Microbiology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 1733-1331Verify ISSN ↗2544-4646Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microbiology (medical) | 84 / 147 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 82 / 134 | 39th | Q3 |
| Microbiology | 134 / 194 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.4.
Polish Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 84 of 147), Q3 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 82 of 134) and Q3 in Microbiology (rank 134 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
Polish Journal of Microbiology 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 3.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 43rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.478, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 50.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$984 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.
Polish Journal of Microbiology is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 1733-1331 and its online ISSN is 2544-4646.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Polish Journal of Microbiology has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 2.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #62 of 144 Scopus journals in Microbiology (medical).
Polish Journal of Microbiology published 42 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 65. 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 98 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (56.1%), Poland (9.7%) and Saudi Arabia (6%). 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. 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.
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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