Free Microbiology journals with impact factor

In this blog post, we will be listing microbiology journals that are provided Impact Factors by Clarivate. Clarivate is a global company that calculates Impact Factors using data from its Web of Science.

Every year, Clarivate releases JCR. Based on the latest JCR, we have listed below the top 50 Microbiology journals based on Impact Factor. Moreover, most of these research journals publish free of cost. The journal “Lancet Microbe” published by Elsevier has an Impact Factor 86.208.

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List of Microbiology Journals with impact factor

S. No.	Journal Title	Publisher	ISSN	Impact Factor
1	MICROBES AND INFECTION	Elsevier	1769-714X	9.570
2	GENOME RESEARCH	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press	1549-5469	9.438
3	Gut Microbes	Landes Bioscience	1949-0984	9.434
4	JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY	BioMed Central Ltd.	1477-3155	9.429
5	CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY	Informa Healthcare	1549-7801	9.062
6	Microbiology Spectrum	American Society for Microbiology	2165-0497	9.043
7	Lancet Microbe	ELSEVIER	2666-5247	86.208
8	METABOLIC ENGINEERING	Academic Press Inc.	1096-7184	8.829
9	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	Nature Publishing Group	2055-5008	8.462
10	NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY	Nature Publishing Group	1740-1534	78.297
11	mBio	American Society for Microbiology	2150-7511	7.786
12	JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES	Oxford University Press	1537-6613	7.759
13	Environmental Technology & Innovation	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD	2352-1864	7.758
14	Biotechnology for Biofuels	BioMed Central Ltd.	1754-6834	7.670
15	CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY	Elsevier	1879-0364	7.584
16	PLoS Pathogens	Public Library of Science	1553-7374	7.464
17	CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY	Informa Healthcare	1549-7828	7.391
18	mSystems	American Society for Microbiology	2379-5077	7.324
19	MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH	ELSEVIER	1388-2139	7.015
20	NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY	Nature Publishing Group	1546-1696	68.164
21	BIOINFORMATICS	Oxford University Press	1460-2059	6.931
22	Bioengineered	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	2165-5987	6.832
23	Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials	BioMed Central Ltd.	1476-0711	6.781
24	Microbial Biotechnology	Wiley	1751-7915	6.575
25	New Biotechnology	New Biotechnology	1876-4347	6.490
26	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	BioMed Central Ltd.	2047-2994	6.454
27	FOOD MICROBIOLOGY	Academic Press Inc.	1095-9998	6.374
28	Environmental Microbiome	BMC	2524-6372	6.360
29	Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD	2169-141X	6.355
30	Microbial Cell Factories	BioMed Central Ltd.	1475-2859	6.352
31	Journal of Biological Engineering	BioMed Central Ltd.	1754-1611	6.248
32	CYTOTHERAPY	Elsevier	1477-2566	6.196
33	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	Elsevier	2211-3398	6.117
34	Nanomedicine	Future Medicine Ltd.	1748-6963	6.096
35	Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology	Frontiers Media S.A.	2235-2988	6.073
36	Frontiers in Microbiology	Frontiers Media S.A..	1664-302X	6.064
37	CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS	American Society for Microbiology	1098-6618	50.129
38	Cell Host & Microbe	Cell Press	1934-6069	31.316
39	Nature Microbiology	Nature Publishing Group	2058-5276	30.964
40	TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY	Elsevier	1879-3096	21.942
41	CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES	Oxford University Press	1537-6591	20.999
42	Emerging Microbes & Infections	Taylor and Francis	2222-1751	19.568
43	TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY	Elsevier	1878-4380	18.230
44	GENOME BIOLOGY	BioMed Central Ltd.	1474-760X	17.906
45	BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES	Elsevier	1873-1899	17.681
46	Microbiome	BioMed Central Ltd.	2049-2618	16.837
47	Annual Review of Microbiology	Annual Reviews Inc..	1545-3251	16.232
48	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS	Elsevier	1872-7913	15.441
49	FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS	Oxford University Press	1574-6976	15.177
50	REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY	SPRINGER	1572-9826	14.284

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