Journal profile · Microbiology
Future Microbiology
ISSN 1746-0913 · eISSN 1746-0921 · Future Medicine Ltd. · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 2006
Future Microbiology: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.54; subscription journal; median 145 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 102 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Future Microbiology is published by Future Medicine Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, together about 26.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Future Microbiology delivers essential information in concise, at-a-glance article formats. Key advances in the field are reported and analyzed by international experts, providing an authoritative but accessible forum for this increasingly important and vast area of research.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Microbiology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityMedicine8.4%
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.4%
- Fungal Infections and StudiesMedicine6.3%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine5%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine4.9%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.54LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,504OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 85LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,819 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97 | 93 | 30 |
| 2025 | 102 | 89 | 304 |
| 2024 | 146 | 116 | 776 |
| 2023 | 137 | 16 | 883 |
| 2022 | 131 | 46 | 1,362 |
| 2021 | 141 | 43 | 1,595 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
145 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 93 days – 221 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 158 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (236 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Future Medicine Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1746-0913
- Electronic ISSN
- 1746-0921
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Future Microbiology
What CAS zone is Future Microbiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Future Microbiology is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Microbiology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Future Microbiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.54; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 127.
How long does peer review take at Future Microbiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 145 days (interquartile range 93–221 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Future Microbiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Future Microbiology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Future Microbiology open access, and what is the APC?
Future Microbiology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .