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World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.3), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Science and Business Media B.V..
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ISSN 0959-3993Verify ISSN ↗1573-0972Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$4,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiology | 42 / 196 | 78th | Q1 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 39 / 134 | 71st | Q2 |
| Biotechnology | 100 / 325 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.3.
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology is Q1 in Physiology (rank 42 of 196), Q2 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 39 of 134) and Q2 in Biotechnology (rank 100 of 325), by CiteScore 2025.
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 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 7.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.909, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 133.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,090 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.
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology is published by Springer Science and Business Media B.V. Its print ISSN is 0959-3993 and its online ISSN is 1573-0972.
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.
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology has an h-index of 153 and a 2-year mean of 4.54 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 194 Scopus journals in Physiology.
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology published 506 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (30.6%), India (26%) and Brazil (6.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (0.9 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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