TOP 50 SJR RANKING MICROBIOLOGY JOURNALS


RANK

JOOURNAL NAME

TYPE

SJR

Impact factor

H index

Citable Docs. (3 years)

Cites / Doc. (2years)

Host Country

1

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

13.160

276

234

21.59

UK

2

Nature Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

7.922

58

529

13.39

UK

3

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Not Open Access

Q1

7.365

238

73

12.68

USA

4

Cell Host and Microbe

Not Open Access

Q1

7.168

163

582

10.71

USA

5

Annual Review of Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

6.517

185

85

10.87

USA

6

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Not Open Access

Q1

5.485

198

153

12.46

UK

7

 

Microbiome

Open Access

Q1

5.282

62

437

11.99

UK

8

ISME Journal

Not Open Access

Q1

5.073

156

751

9.47

UK

9

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

4.418

169

358

8.18

Netherlands

10

Trends in Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

4.288

181

332

9.25

Netherlands

11

mBio

Open Access

Q1

3.876

102

1389

6.63

USA

12

PLoS Pathogens

Open Access

Q1

3.640

191

1873

6.17

USA

13

mSystems

Open Access

Q1

3.489

28

226

6.84

USA

14

Gut Microbes

Open Access

Q1

3.245

61

127

9.35

USA

15

Microbial genomics

Open Access

Q1

3.208

21

173

4.83

UK

16

EcoSal Plus

Not Open Access

Q1

2.827

21

28

4.94

USA

17

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Open Access

Q1

2.705

21

83

7.12

UK

18

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Not Open Access

Q1

2.630

206

966

6.26

UK

19

Journal of Virology

Not Open Access

Q1

2.406

282

2611

4.37

USA

20

 

mSphere

Open Access

Q1

2.267

28

602

4.37

USA

21

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Open Access

Q1

2.212

38

334

5.83

UK

22

Environmental Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

2.180

176

1084

4.83

UK

23

Molecular Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

2.089

237

773

3.38

UK

24

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Not Open Access

Q1

2.026

117

249

5.69

Germany

25

Cellular Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.954

133

359

3.33

UK

26

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.934

81

155

7.52

UK

27

Journal of Bacteriology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.843

234

835

2.93

USA

28

 

Virulence

Open Access

Q1

1.757

57

277

5.73

USA

29

Frontiers in Microbiology

Open Access

Q1

1.690

108

7552

4.44

Switzerland

30

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Open Access

Q1

1.626

62

1158

4.14

Switzerland

31

Infection and Immunity

Not Open Access

Q1

1.581

212

921

3.16

USA

32

 

Epidemics

Open Access

Q1

1.537

33

113

3.37

Netherlands

33

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.483

146

680

3.65

UK

34

Fungal Biology Reviews

Not Open Access

Q1

1.430

48

50

5.14

Netherlands

35

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.382

88

264

3.05

Germany

36

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.379

104

244

3.16

USA

37

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.364

183

948

4.51

Netherlands

38

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Not Open Access

Q1

1.363

115

48

677

Germany

39

Food Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q2

1.318

111

613

4.48

USA

40

Microbiological Research

Not Open Access

Q2

1.288

75

395

4.19

Germany

41

FEMS Yeast Research

Not Open Access

Q2

1.276

86

305

3.02

UK

42

 

Archaea

Open Access

Q2

1.188

37

50

3.28

Egypt

43

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Not Open Access

Q2

1.185

80

1117

2.92

Netherlands

44

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Not Open Access

Q2

1.182

39

544

2.87

Germany

45

 

Antibiotics

Open Access

Q2

1.173

26

183

4.19

Switzerland

46

Anaerobe

Not Open Access

Q2

1.172

71

440

2.86

USA

47

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Not Open Access

Q2

1.172

92

823

4.46

Netherlands

48

BMC Microbiology

Open Access

Q2

1.154

103

733

2.96

UK

49

Veterinary Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q2

1.138

122

968

3.12

Netherlands

50

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Not Open Access

Q2

1.134

92

191

3.26

Netherlands


Reference: https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=2404&openaccess=false

Issue Date: April 15, 2021

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