Microbiology Australia
ISSN 1324-4272 · CSIRO Publishing · Australia · active 1900–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q3
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 1.2
- SJR
- 0.312
- h-index
- 26
“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 18 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Microbiology Australia is Q3 in 3 of its 4 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 | #91 of 134 |
| Microbiology (medical) | Q3 | #110 of 149 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | #486 of 728 |
| Microbiology | Q4 | #153 of 192 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 1.33
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 44
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).
Microbiology Australia is Q3 in 3 of its 4 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology: Q3, #91 of 134), with SJR 0.312 (Scimago) and an h-index of 26 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to publication
- ~7 wkDOAJ self-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
- DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- gold. 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.
- Article processing charge
- Free to publish — DOAJ lists no article processing charge (APC).
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Microbiology Australia a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Microbiology Australia. 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 DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Microbiology Australia indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Microbiology Australia appears in: DOAJ, 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 Microbiology Australia?
Papers in Microbiology Australia are cited about 1.2 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q3, with an h-index of 26. 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 Microbiology Australia (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Microbiology Australia is Q3 in 3 of its 4 subject categories and Q4 in the other 1. By category: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology: Q3, #91 of 134; Microbiology (medical): Q3, #110 of 149; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: Q3, #486 of 728; Microbiology: Q4, #153 of 192. 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; Microbiology Australia is cited about 1.2 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 26.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Microbiology Australia?
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 Microbiology Australia. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q3 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and 2 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 Microbiology Australia open access?
Our index records its access status as "gold". 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.
Is Microbiology Australia free to publish in?
Free to publish — DOAJ lists no article processing charge (APC). So there is no fee for authors to publish in Microbiology Australia. Fee policies change — confirm on the journal's own site before relying on it.
How long does Microbiology Australia take to publish a paper?
Submission to publication for Microbiology Australia takes about ~7 wk — DOAJ self-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 Microbiology Australia.
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