Journal metric profile

Emerging Microbes & Infections

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 7.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 7.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 7/137 Recorded category rank

Emerging Microbes & Infections JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Emerging Microbes & Infections is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 7.500, 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 7 out of 137 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 10,566 total citations, 267 total articles, 280 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 7.200, which is 0.300 points below 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 7.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 2.060.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Emerging Microbes & Infections is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 2222-1751. 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 nameEmerging Microbes & Infections
Abbreviated journalEMERG MICROBES INFEC
PublisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank968
ISSNNot available
eISSN2222-1751
Total cites10,566
Total articles267
Citable items280
Cited half-life3.9 years
Citing half-life6.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor7.500
5-Year Impact Factor7.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites7.200
Journal Citation Indicator2.060
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank7/137
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Emerging Microbes & Infections?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Emerging Microbes & Infections is 7.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Emerging Microbes & Infections?

Emerging Microbes & Infections is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Emerging Microbes & Infections?

Emerging Microbes & Infections is listed as being published by TAYLOR & FRANCIS 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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