Journal profile · Microbiology
REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 0954-139X · eISSN 2770-3169 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1990
REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY: impact factor 0.4 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); subscription journal; median 67 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 34 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, together about 25.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Microbiology
Editor-in-chief Oliver SchildgenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.2%
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.1%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine6.2%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine4.5%
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchMedicine4.3%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · MICROBIOLOGY · rank 164/167
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 212OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 908 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 34 | 2 | 14 |
| 2024 | 31 | 3 | 26 |
| 2023 | 49 | 1 | 54 |
| 2022 | 30 | 0 | 38 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2 | 348 |
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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 0954-139X
- Print ISSN
- 2770-3150
- Electronic ISSN
- 2770-3169
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
What is the impact factor of REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at REVIEWS 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); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What JCR quartile is REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, MICROBIOLOGY Q4 (164/167). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
Which databases index REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY is indexed in Scopus.
Is REVIEWS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY open access, and what is the APC?
REVIEWS 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, Publisher website; 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: .