Journal profile · MICROBIOLOGY
Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology
ISSN 2770-3150 · eISSN 2770-3169 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 67 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing and Antibiotic Use and Resistance, together about 27.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MICROBIOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.5%
- Antibiotic Use and ResistanceImmunology and Microbiology6.4%
- Infections and bacterial resistanceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine5.9%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Escherichia coli research studiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microbiology | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 208OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 908 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 2 | 262 |
| 2025 | 35 | 2 | 402 |
| 2024 | 31 | 4 | 464 |
| 2023 | 49 | 2 | 449 |
| 2022 | 30 | 0 | 475 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2 | 429 |
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
67 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 28 days – 104 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 62 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 156 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (57 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".
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 2770-3150
- Electronic ISSN
- 2770-3169
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology
What CAS zone is Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Reviews and Research in Medical 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 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 67 days (interquartile range 28–104 days). 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 Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology open access, and what is the APC?
Reviews and Research in Medical 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .