Journal metric profile

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

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 3.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 3.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 68/163 Recorded category rank

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 3.500, 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 68 out of 163 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 17,346 total citations, 606 total articles, 625 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 3.600, which is 0.100 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 3.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.810.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS is identified in this record by print ISSN 0882-4010 and electronic ISSN 1096-1208. 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 nameMICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
Abbreviated journalMICROB PATHOGENESIS
PublisherACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank3,784
ISSN0882-4010
eISSN1096-1208
Total cites17,346
Total articles606
Citable items625
Cited half-life5.2 years
Citing half-life6.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.500
5-Year Impact Factor3.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites3.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.810
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank68/163
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS is 3.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS?

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS?

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS is listed as being published by ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.

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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