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Q2

MicrobiologyOpen

John Wiley and Sons Inc

United StatesMicrobiology (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q2Ranking
3.6Impact Factor (2025)
71H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.082SJR (2025)
2012-2026Coverage

About MicrobiologyOpen

MicrobiologyOpen is a scholarly journal published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 1.082 and H-index of 71.

Coverage: 2012-2026. Research categories: Microbiology (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Editor(s): Christopher Rodrigues (Editor) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Editorial leadership listed under Edited By on the Wiley journal homepage; publisher role retained without assuming Editor-in-Chief.
  • Journal Impact Factor: 3.6 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from Wiley Journal Metrics, distinct from CiteScore and Journal Citation Indicator.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from Wiley Journal Metrics, distinct from CiteScore and Journal Citation Indicator.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND
Peer-review processPeer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 3720 USD; 2240 GBP; 2800 EUR
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, Portico, PMC
Reported submission-to-publication time20 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2012 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2045-8827
ISSN-L2045-8827
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationWiley
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,891
Citations recorded in OpenAlex41,436
OpenAlex H-index84
Years represented in OpenAlex1964–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology; Gut microbiota and health; Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing; Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology; Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies; Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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Anders Kokkenborg Varming