Journal metric profile

Microbial Physiology

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 1.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 3.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 157/177 Recorded category rank

Microbial Physiology JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Microbial Physiology is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by KARGER. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.200, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 157 out of 177 journals in its listed category. A Q4 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 153 total citations, 10 total articles, 13 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 3.300, which is 2.100 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 1.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.510.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Microbial Physiology is identified in this record by print ISSN 2673-1665 and electronic ISSN 2673-1673. 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 Physiology
Abbreviated journalMICROB PHYSIOL
PublisherKARGER
Metric year2025
Overall rank12,283
ISSN2673-1665
eISSN2673-1673
Total cites153
Total articles10
Citable items13
Cited half-life3.4 years
Citing half-life9.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.200
5-Year Impact Factor3.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.510
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank157/177
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Microbial Physiology is 1.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Microbial Physiology?

Microbial Physiology is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Microbial Physiology?

Microbial Physiology is listed as being published by KARGER.

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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