Indian Journal of Microbiology
ISSN 0046-8991 · Springer Science+Business Media · India · active 1961–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q3
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 3.9
- SJR
- 0.445
- h-index
- 79
“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 25 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Indian Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in Microbiology (#138 of 192 journals).
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Microbiology | Q3 | #138 of 192 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 2.64
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 200
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).
Indian Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in Microbiology (2025 edition, #138 of 192 journals), with SJR 0.445 (Scimago) and an h-index of 79 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to first decision
- 17 days (median)Publisher-reported
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- unknown. 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.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Indian Journal of Microbiology a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Indian 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 Indian Journal of Microbiology indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Indian 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 Indian Journal of Microbiology?
Papers in Indian Journal of Microbiology are cited about 3.9 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q3, with an h-index of 79. 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 Indian Journal of Microbiology (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Indian Journal of Microbiology is Q3 in Microbiology (#138 of 192 journals). 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; Indian Journal of Microbiology is cited about 3.9 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 79.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Indian 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 Indian Journal of Microbiology. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q3, 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 Indian Journal of Microbiology open access?
Our index records its access status as "unknown". 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.
How long does Indian Journal of Microbiology take to publish a paper?
Submission to first decision for Indian Journal of Microbiology takes about 17 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Indian Journal of Microbiology.
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