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Systematic and Applied Microbiology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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ISSN 0723-2020Verify ISSN ↗1618-0984Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$4,010 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 76 / 736 | 89th | Q1 |
| Microbiology | 62 / 194 | 68th | Q2 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 47 / 134 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1983–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.5.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 76 of 736), Q2 in Microbiology (rank 62 of 194) and Q2 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 47 of 134), by CiteScore 2025.
Systematic and Applied 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.848, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 123.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,010 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.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology is published by Elsevier GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0723-2020 and its online ISSN is 1618-0984.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology has an h-index of 160 and a 2-year mean of 3.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #87 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology published 69 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 92. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (31.9%), Russia (16.3%) and Germany (5.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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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