Journal profile · INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials
ISSN 2147-673X · Galenos Yayinevi · Turkey
Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials is published by Galenos Yayinevi and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antibiotic Use and Resistance and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, together about 22.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials is an open access, scientific, double-blind peer-reviewed journal in the field of infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, vaccinology, infection control and hospital epidemiology. No fee is charged from the authors during the submission, evaluation and publication process. It is the official publication of the Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialty Society of Turkey and is published as continuous publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.1%
- Antibiotic Use and ResistanceImmunology and Microbiology7.3%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine6.8%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine6.3%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine5.5%
- Hepatitis B Virus StudiesMedicine5.2%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine5%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 401 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 6 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 25 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | 54 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | 81 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Galenos Yayinevi
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- Turkish
- ISSN
- 2147-673X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 1 (January 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials
What CAS zone is Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Infectious Diseases. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 9.
How long does peer review take at Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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 Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials open access, and what is the APC?
Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .