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Microbiology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Nature Reviews Microbiology60.094
2 Clinical Microbiology Reviews29.011
3 Cell Host & Microbe26.658
4 Annual Review of Microbiology25.526
5 ISME Journal16.864
6 Trends in Microbiology16.039
7 Gut Microbes14.804
8 Current Opinion in Microbiology14.788
9 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews13.229
10 Microbiological Research12.071
11 Clinical Microbiology and Infection12.030
12 Clinical Infectious Diseases11.411
13 Journal of Applied Microbiology11.172
14 Annals of Microbiology10.171
15 Critical Reviews in Microbiology10.060
16 Food Microbiology9.634
17 International Microbiology9.533
18 Environmental Microbiology8.866
19 Systematic and Applied Microbiology8.672
20 Journal of Clinical Microbiology8.496
21 Frontiers in Microbiology8.276
22 Beneficial Microbes8.245
23 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy8.029
24 International Journal of Food Microbiology7.897
25 Microbial Biotechnology7.540
26 Journal of Infectious Diseases7.464
27 Microbial Ecology7.438
28 Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy7.233
29 Journal of Oral Microbiology7.183
30 Gut Pathogens7.036
31 Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection6.937
32 Applied and Environmental Microbiology6.609
33 Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials6.581
34 Medical Microbiology and Immunology6.504
35 Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases6.473
36 Letters in Applied Microbiology6.459
37 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology6.234
38 Food and Environmental Virology6.145
39 BMC Microbiology6.051
40 Microbial Pathogenesis5.991
41 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy5.949
42 Helicobacter5.941
43 Microbiology-SGM5.878
44 Journal of Bacteriology5.689
45 Research in Microbiology5.661
46 Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins5.580
47 Archives of Microbiology5.486
48 Innate Immunity5.338
49 Anaerobe5.218
50 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents4.988
51 Microbial Drug Resistance4.950
52 Molecular Microbiology4.874
53 Journal of Microbiology4.832
54 International Journal of Medical Microbiology4.777
55 Folia Microbiologica4.707
56 Extremophiles4.671
- Journal of Basic Microbiology4.671
58 Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology4.404
59 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology4.366
60 Cellular Microbiology4.279
61 Environmental Microbiology Reports4.263
62 European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases4.178
63 Journal of Antibiotics4.166
64 Current Microbiology4.097
65 Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology4.091
66 Veterinary Microbiology4.083
67 Microbes and Infection4.059
- Journal of Water and Health4.059
69 Symbiosis4.033
70 Plasmid4.014
71 Journal of Microbiological Methods3.941
72 Canadian Journal of Microbiology3.921
73 Microbes and Environments3.881
74 Molecular Oral Microbiology3.880
75 Tuberculosis3.745
76 Future Microbiology3.737
- Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology3.737
78 Journal of Medical Microbiology3.672
79 Brazilian Journal of Microbiology3.581
80 European Journal of Protistology3.301
81 Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases3.238
82 APMIS3.125
83 Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease2.995
84 Protist2.952
85 Microbiology and Immunology2.947
86 Aquatic Microbial Ecology2.750
87 Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia2.607
88 Yeast2.470
89 Indian Journal of Microbiology2.333
90 Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica2.000
91 FEMS Microbiology Letters1.964
92 Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology1.748
93 Microbiology1.742
94 Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica1.561
95 Revista Argentina de Microbiologia1.479
96 Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni1.325
97 Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology1.101
98 Journal of General and Applied Microbiology1.096
99 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.583
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