Journal metric profile

mSystems

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 4.600 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 5.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 34/163 Recorded category rank

mSystems JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

mSystems is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 4.600, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 34 out of 163 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 11,893 total citations, 366 total articles, 371 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 5.700, which is 1.100 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 4.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.200.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 4.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

mSystems is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 2379-5077. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal namemSystems
Abbreviated journalMSYSTEMS
PublisherAMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Metric year2025
Overall rank2,352
ISSNNot available
eISSN2379-5077
Total cites11,893
Total articles366
Citable items371
Cited half-life4.1 years
Citing half-life7.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor4.600
5-Year Impact Factor5.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites4.400
Journal Citation Indicator1.200
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank34/163
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of mSystems?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for mSystems is 4.600 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is mSystems?

mSystems is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes mSystems?

mSystems is listed as being published by AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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