Microbes and Infection

pISSN: 1286-4579eISSN: 1769-714X• JCR: MICROBES INFECTElsevier BVFrance
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2026 Impact Factor

2.9

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.2 (+7.4%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    2.9
  2. Metric year 2024

    2.7

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
IMMUNOLOGYSCIEQ3
INFECTIOUS DISEASESSCIEQ2
MICROBIOLOGYSCIEQ3
Q2
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Microbes and Infection current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #2,232 in Medicine by impact factor and #696 among Q2 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Microbes and Infection against journals publishing in the same field.

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Microbes and Infection publication trend

Published 483 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.9.

2025 vs 2024: -74
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Journal Details

Total Articles
4,203
H-Index
185
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$2,440 USD
Subject Areas
ImmunologyImmunologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases

Article Volume

2021
88
2022
81
2023
130
2024
129
2025
55
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