Journal metric profile

TRENDS IN 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 14.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 16.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 9/319 Recorded category rank

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CELL PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 14.900, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 9 out of 319 journals in its listed category. A Q1 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 19,338 total citations, 22 total articles, 83 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 16.900, which is 2.000 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 14.700. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.520.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 7.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0966-842X and electronic ISSN 1878-4380. 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 nameTRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Abbreviated journalTRENDS MICROBIOL
PublisherCELL PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank267
ISSN0966-842X
eISSN1878-4380
Total cites19,338
Total articles22
Citable items83
Cited half-life7.6 years
Citing half-life5.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor14.900
5-Year Impact Factor16.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites14.700
Journal Citation Indicator1.520
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank9/319
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY is 14.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY?

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY?

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY is listed as being published by CELL PRESS.

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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