Journal metric profile

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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 3.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 4.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 58/177 Recorded category rank

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 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 3.700, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 58 out of 177 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 89,170 total citations, 529 total articles, 545 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 4.500, which is 0.800 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 3.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.930.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 15.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0099-2240 and electronic ISSN 1098-5336. 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 nameAPPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Abbreviated journalAPPL ENVIRON MICROB
PublisherAMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Metric year2025
Overall rank3,440
ISSN0099-2240
eISSN1098-5336
Total cites89,170
Total articles529
Citable items545
Cited half-life15.5 years
Citing half-life9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.700
5-Year Impact Factor4.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites3.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.930
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank58/177
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY is 3.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY?

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY?

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 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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