Canadian Journal of Microbiology
ISSN 0008-4166 · Canadian Science Publishing · Canada · active 1954–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q3
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 2.9
- SJR
- 0.453
- h-index
- 168
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 1 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Canadian Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in 5 of its 6 subject categories and Q4 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q3.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | Q3 | #82 of 134 |
| Microbiology | Q3 | #136 of 192 |
| Immunology | Q3 | #185 of 246 |
| Genetics | Q3 | #268 of 370 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | #1,423 of 2,517 |
| Molecular Biology | Q4 | #327 of 425 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 2.36
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 75
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Canadian Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in 5 of its 6 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology: Q3, #82 of 134), with SJR 0.453 (Scimago) and an h-index of 168 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
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Frequently asked
Is Canadian Journal of Microbiology a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Canadian Journal of Microbiology. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Canadian Journal of Microbiology indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Canadian Journal of Microbiology appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Canadian Journal of Microbiology?
Papers in Canadian Journal of Microbiology are cited about 2.9 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q3, with an h-index of 168. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Canadian Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in 5 of its 6 subject categories and Q4 in the other 1. By category: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology: Q3, #82 of 134; Microbiology: Q3, #136 of 192; Immunology: Q3, #185 of 246; Genetics: Q3, #268 of 370; Medicine (miscellaneous): Q3, #1,423 of 2,517; Molecular Biology: Q4, #327 of 425. Its best category quartile is Q3. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Canadian Journal of Microbiology is cited about 2.9 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 168.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Canadian Journal of Microbiology?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Canadian Journal of Microbiology. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q3 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and 4 other categories, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Canadian Journal of Microbiology open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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