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Best Microbiology (medical) journals

146 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Microbiology (medical). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 37 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Clinical Microbiology Reviews 28.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Nature Microbiology 28.8 98th Q1 SCIE No
3 Trends in Microbiology 25.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 The Lancet Microbe 24.8 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 Microbiome 23 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Gut Microbes 19.5 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 Food Packaging and Shelf Life 19.4 95th Q1 SCIE No
8 Clinical Infectious Diseases 17.1 94th Q1 SCIE No
9 Clinical Microbiology and Infection 17.1 94th Q1 SCIE No
10 Current Opinion in Microbiology 14.9 93th Q1 SCIE No
11 Eurosurveillance 13.6 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 British Journal of Biomedical Science 12.7 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Antibiotics 10.2 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Journal of Infection 10.1 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 Frontiers in Microbiology 9.9 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 9.6 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Emerging Infectious Diseases 9.5 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Infectious Diseases and Therapy 9.3 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 9.1 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy 9.1 86th Q1 SCIE No
21 Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology 8.8 86th Q1 Yes
22 Journal of Fungi 8.7 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
23 Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 8.4 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 8.3 84th Q1 SCIE No
25 Microorganisms 8.2 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Current Research in Microbial Sciences 8.2 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
27 Journal of Oral Microbiology 8.2 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Journal of Clinical Microbiology 8.1 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 8.1 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 8 79th Q1 SCIE No
31 Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection 7.8 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 7.6 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
33 AIMS Microbiology 7.6 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
34 Microbiology Spectrum 7.5 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Infection 7.4 76th Q1 SCIE No
36 Virulence 7.2 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
37 Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 7 75th Q1 SCIE No
38 Molecular Oral Microbiology 7 74th Q2 SCIE No
39 Animal Microbiome 6.9 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
40 Pathogens 6.7 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
41 Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 6.7 72th Q2 No
42 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 6.6 71th Q2 SCIE No
43 BMC Microbiology 6.5 71th Q2 SCIE Yes
44 Pathogens and Disease 6.3 70th Q2 No
45 Infectious Medicine 6.2 69th Q2 ESCI Yes
46 Microbial Risk Analysis 6.1 69th Q2 SCIE No
47 Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 6.1 68th Q2 SCIE Yes
48 Medical Microbiology and Immunology 5.9 67th Q2 SCIE No
49 Journal of Hospital Infection 5.8 67th Q2 SCIE No
50 Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 5.8 66th Q2 SCIE No
51 Biosafety and Health 5.6 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
52 Beneficial Microbes 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE No
53 hLife 5.5 64th Q2 Yes
54 Infection, Genetics and Evolution 5.5 63th Q2 SCIE Yes
55 Current Clinical Microbiology Reports 5.4 62th Q2 ESCI No
56 JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 5.3 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
57 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 5.3 61th Q2 SCIE Yes
58 International Journal of Microbiology 5.3 60th Q2 ESCI Yes
59 Infezioni in Medicina 5.1 60th Q2 No
60 Microbial Drug Resistance 5 59th Q2 SCIE No
61 European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5 58th Q2 SCIE No
62 Frontiers in Antibiotics 5 58th Q2 ESCI Yes
63 Current Issues in Molecular Biology 5 57th Q2 SCIE Yes
64 Journal of Water and Health 4.8 56th Q2 SCIE Yes
65 European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 4.6 56th Q2 ESCI No
66 Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia 4.5 55th Q2 SCIE Yes
67 Infectious Diseases 4.4 54th Q2 SCIE No
68 International Microbiology 4.4 54th Q2 SCIE No
69 Tuberculosis 4.3 53th Q2 SCIE No
70 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 4.3 52th Q2 Yes
71 Pathogens and Immunity 4.3 52th Q2 Yes
72 International Journal of Medical Microbiology 4.2 51th Q2 SCIE Yes
73 Future Microbiology 4.2 50th Q2 SCIE No
74 Sage Open Pathology 4.1 50th Q2 ESCI No
75 APMIS 4.1 49th Q3 SCIE No
76 Journal of Medical Microbiology 3.8 48th Q3 SCIE No
77 Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 3.8 47th Q3 Yes
78 Journal of Microbiological Methods 3.8 47th Q3 SCIE No
79 Revista Argentina de Microbiologia 3.7 46th Q3 SCIE Yes
80 Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 3.7 45th Q3 ESCI Yes
81 Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 3.7 45th Q3 SCIE No
82 Microbiology Research 3.5 44th Q3 ESCI Yes
83 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 3.5 43th Q3 SCIE Yes
84 Polish Journal of Microbiology 3.4 43th Q3 SCIE Yes
85 PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research 3.4 42th Q3 ESCI No
86 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 3.2 41th Q3 SCIE Yes
87 Frontiers in Microbiomes 3.2 41th Q3 ESCI Yes
88 Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE No
89 Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica 3.1 39th Q3 SCIE No
90 Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 3.1 39th Q3 ESCI Yes
91 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE No
92 GERMS 2.9 37th Q3 ESCI No
93 Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets 2.9 37th Q3 No
94 Surgical Infections 2.9 36th Q3 SCIE No
95 Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2.8 35th Q3 SCIE No
96 Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2.8 35th Q3 SCIE No
97 International Journal of Mycobacteriology 2.7 34th Q3 ESCI Yes
98 Microorganisms for Sustainability 2.7 34th Q3 No
99 Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2.7 32th Q3 SCIE Yes
100 Methods in Microbiology 2.6 32th Q3 No

Rank and percentile are within the Microbiology (medical) Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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