This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Microbiology journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancet Microbe, The | Elsevier Ltd. | 26665247 | 9.419 |
| 2 | Nature Microbiology | Nature Publishing Group | 20585276 | 9.187 |
| 3 | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | American Society for Microbiology | 08938512, 10986618 | 7.584 |
| 4 | Molecular Systems Biology | Wiley-Blackwell | 17444292 | 6.22 |
| 5 | EMBO Journal | Wiley-Blackwell | 02614189, 14602075 | 5.484 |
| 6 | Annual Review of Microbiology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 00664227, 15453251 | 5.436 |
| 7 | eLife | eLife Sciences Publications | 2050084X | 4.251 |
| 8 | PLoS Biology | Public Library of Science | 15449173, 15457885 | 4.005 |
| 9 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford University Press | 15376591, 10584838 | 3.995 |
| 10 | Journal of Infection | W.B. Saunders Ltd | 01634453, 15322742 | 3.904 |
| 11 | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | American Society for Microbiology | 10985557, 10922172 | 3.719 |
| 12 | Microbiome | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20492618 | 3.709 |
| 13 | ISME Journal | Nature Publishing Group | 17517362, 17517370 | 3.619 |
| 14 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | Elsevier Ltd. | 1198743X, 14690691 | 3.587 |
| 15 | Trends in Microbiology | Elsevier Ltd. | 18784380, 0966842X | 3.468 |
| 16 | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Oxford University Press | 01686445, 15746976 | 3.245 |
| 17 | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 10806040, 10806059 | 3.05 |
| 18 | Nature Biotechnology | Nature Publishing Group | 15461696, 10870156 | 22.781 |
| 19 | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | Elsevier Ltd. | 380717 | 2.934 |
| 20 | Emerging Microbes and Infections | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 22221751 | 2.815 |
| 21 | Biotechnology Advances | Elsevier Inc. | 18731899, 07349750 | 2.629 |
| 22 | Current Protocols in Microbiology | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 19348525, 19348533 | 2.602 |
| 23 | Gut Microbes | Landes Bioscience | 19490984, 19490976 | 2.6 |
| 24 | PLoS Pathogens | Public Library of Science | 15537374, 15537366 | 2.49 |
| 25 | Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology | Springer Netherlands | 15691705, 15729826 | 2.41 |
| 26 | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | American Society for Microbiology | 1098660X, 00951137 | 2.36 |
| 27 | Virus Evolution | Oxford University Press | 20571577 | 2.337 |
| 28 | mBio | American Society for Microbiology | 21612129, 21507511 | 2.283 |
| 29 | Current Opinion in Microbiology | Elsevier Ltd. | 18790364, 13695274 | 2.195 |
| 30 | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | Elsevier | 12019712, 18783511 | 2.006 |
| 31 | Nature Reviews Microbiology | Nature Publishing Group | 17401534, 17401526 | 10.396 |
| 32 | Cell Host and Microbe | Cell Press | 19313128 | 10.227 |
| 33 | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes | Nature Publishing Group | 20555008 | 1.978 |
| 34 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | The Royal Society | 9628452 | 1.898 |
| 35 | EcoSal Plus | American Society for Microbiology | 23246200 | 1.828 |
| 36 | Metabolic Engineering | Academic Press Inc. | 10967176, 10967184 | 1.808 |
| 37 | Journal of Virology | American Society for Microbiology | 10985514, 0022538X | 1.795 |
| 38 | International Journal of Biological Sciences | Ivyspring International Publisher | 14492288 | 1.75 |
| 39 | mSystems | American Society for Microbiology | 23795077 | 1.691 |
| 40 | Critical Reviews in Biotechnology | Informa Healthcare | 15497801, 07388551 | 1.637 |
| 41 | Biology and Fertility of Soils | Springer Verlag | 14320789, 01782762 | 1.591 |
| 42 | Environmental Microbiomes | BioMed Central Ltd. | 25246372 | 1.538 |
| 43 | Vaccine: X | Elsevier Ltd. | 25901362 | 1.509 |
| 44 | Vaccine | Elsevier BV | 0264410X, 18732518 | 1.493 |
| 45 | DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms | Company of Biologists Ltd | 17548403, 17548411 | 1.489 |
| 46 | Pathogens and Immunity | Case Western Reserve University | 24692964 | 1.489 |
| 47 | Infection | Urban und Vogel | 03008126, 14390973 | 1.488 |
| 48 | Infectious Disease Clinics of North America | W.B. Saunders Ltd | 15579824, 08915520 | 1.453 |
| 49 | Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection | Elsevier Taiwan LLC | 19959133, 16841182 | 1.45 |
| 50 | Epidemics | Elsevier | 17554365, 18780067 | 1.448 |
| 51 | Current Opinion in Food Science | Elsevier BV | 22147993 | 1.431 |
| 52 | Journal of Nanobiotechnology | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14773155 | 1.421 |
| 53 | Journal of Hospital Infection | W.B. Saunders Ltd | 15322939, 01956701 | 1.406 |
| 54 | Environmental Microbiology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14622912, 14622920 | 1.391 |
| 55 | Critical Reviews in Microbiology | Informa Healthcare | 15497828, 1040841X | 1.388 |
| 56 | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Oxford University Press | 03057453, 14602091 | 1.382 |
| 57 | Advances in Microbial Physiology | Academic Press Inc. | 652911 | 1.377 |
| 58 | Fungal Systematics and Evolution | Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute | 25893823, 25893831 | 1.376 |
| 59 | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20472994 | 1.367 |
| 60 | Biometrics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0006341X, 15410420 | 1.348 |
| 61 | Food Packaging and Shelf Life | Elsevier BV | 22142894 | 1.338 |
| 62 | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | Frontiers Media S.A. | 22352988 | 1.308 |
| 63 | International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | Elsevier | 09248579, 18727913 | 1.297 |
| 64 | mSphere | American Society for Microbiology | 23795042 | 1.288 |
| 65 | Molecular Microbiology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 13652958, 0950382X | 1.281 |
| 66 | Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14787210, 17448336 | 1.27 |
| 67 | Microbial genomics | Microbiology Society | 20575858 | 1.257 |
| 68 | Current Protocols | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 26911299 | 1.244 |
| 69 | Frontiers in Microbiology | Frontiers Media S.A. | 1664302X | 1.19 |
| 70 | Biofilm | Elsevier BV | 25902075 | 1.182 |
| 71 | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Springer Verlag | 09349723, 14354373 | 1.171 |
| 72 | Microbiological Research | Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena | 09445013, 16180623 | 1.168 |
| 73 | Infectious Diseases and Therapy | Springer Healthcare | 21938229, 21936382 | 1.166 |
| 74 | Cell Surface | Elsevier BV | 24682330 | 1.164 |
| 75 | Infectious Diseases | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 23744235, 23744243 | 1.146 |
| 76 | Fungal Biology Reviews | Elsevier BV | 17494613 | 1.126 |
| 77 | Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | 09517375, 14736527 | 1.108 |
| 78 | Fish and Shellfish Immunology | Academic Press Inc. | 10959947, 10504648 | 1.108 |
| 79 | Microbial Biotechnology | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 17517915, 17517907 | 1.108 |
| 80 | Virulence | Landes Bioscience | 21505594, 21505608 | 1.104 |
| 81 | Journal of Bacteriology | American Society for Microbiology | 00219193, 10985530 | 1.101 |
| 82 | Microbial Cell | 23112638 | 1.101 | |
| 83 | Cellular Microbiology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14625814, 14625822 | 1.096 |
| 84 | Microbiology spectrum | American Society for Microbiology | 21650497 | 1.095 |
| 85 | Microbial Cell Factories | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14752859 | 1.091 |
| 86 | Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14760711 | 1.088 |
| 87 | Microbes and Infection | Elsevier USA | 1769714X, 12864579 | 1.059 |
| 88 | Medical Microbiology and Immunology | Springer Verlag | 14321831, 03008584 | 1.045 |
| 89 | Food Microbiology | Academic Press Inc. | 07400020, 10959998 | 1.036 |
| 90 | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | 08913668, 15320987 | 1.034 |
| 91 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | American Society for Microbiology | 00992240, 10985336 | 1.032 |
| 92 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Oxford University Press | 01686496, 15746941 | 1.025 |
| 93 | Biotechnology for Biofuels | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17546834 | 1.022 |
| 94 | International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation | Elsevier Ltd. | 9648305 | 1.021 |
| 95 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge University Press | 15596834, 0899823X | 0.996 |
| 96 | Biotechnology Reports | Elsevier BV | 2215017X | 0.993 |
| 97 | Biosafety and Health | Elsevier BV | 25900536 | 0.99 |
| 98 | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 18651674, 18651682 | 0.99 |
| 99 | Fungal Biology and Biotechnology | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20543085 | 0.975 |
| 100 | Journal of Oral Microbiology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 20002297 | 0.972 |
| 101 | International Journal of Food Microbiology | Elsevier | 18793460, 01681605 | 0.97 |
| 102 | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | Springer Verlag | 14320614, 01757598 | 0.968 |
| 103 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | 15374521, 01485717 | 0.967 |
| 104 | Systematic and Applied Microbiology | Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena | 16180984, 07232020 | 0.941 |
| 105 | Gut Pathogens | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17574749 | 0.94 |
| 106 | BMC Microbiology | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14712180 | 0.937 |
| 107 | International Journal of Neonatal Screening | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | 2409515X | 0.931 |
| 108 | Infection and Immunity | American Society for Microbiology | 10985522, 00199567 | 0.923 |
| 109 | Current Research in Food Science | Elsevier BV | 26659271 | 0.918 |
| 110 | Biotechnology Journal | Wiley-VCH Verlag | 18607314, 18606768 | 0.911 |