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SpringerBriefs in Microbiology is Scopus-indexed. Scopus still lists it as Active but has indexed no new content since 2024, so treat it as dormant and confirm with Scopus before submitting. Published by Springer Verlag.
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Publisher: Springer Verlag
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Scopus lists SpringerBriefs in Microbiology as Active, but it has not indexed new content since 2024 and has no current CiteScore — likely dormant or discontinued. This is our own assessment, not an official Scopus status. Confirm directly with Scopus before submitting.
SpringerBriefs in Microbiology 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.
SpringerBriefs in Microbiology is published by Springer Verlag. Its print ISSN is 2191-5385 and its online ISSN is 2191-5393.
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.
SpringerBriefs in Microbiology has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 1.27 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
SpringerBriefs in Microbiology published 11 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2012 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Listed Active, but no new content since 2024. 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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