Open Access
Open access

Microbial Physiology

S. Karger AG
S. Karger AG
ISSN: 26731665, 26731673
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
2.9
SJR
0.698
CiteScore
5.2
Categories
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Physiology
Cell Biology
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology and Microbiology
Years of issue
2020-2022, 2024
Publications
735
Citations
18 306
h-index
63
Publications
88
Citations
6 720
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
USA (124 publications)
Germany (123 publications)
China (58 publications)
Germany (19 publications)
USA (5 publications)
China (3 publications)

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Frontiers in Microbiology
576 citations, 3.15%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
572 citations, 3.12%
Journal of Bacteriology
488 citations, 2.67%
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
448 citations, 2.45%
PLoS ONE
377 citations, 2.06%
Molecular Microbiology
288 citations, 1.57%
Microbiology
234 citations, 1.28%
Scientific Reports
221 citations, 1.21%
Microbial Physiology
204 citations, 1.11%
Microbial Cell Factories
166 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
163 citations, 0.89%
Microorganisms
157 citations, 0.86%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
147 citations, 0.8%
Environmental Microbiology
125 citations, 0.68%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
110 citations, 0.6%
BMC Microbiology
103 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Biotechnology
102 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Molecular Biology
98 citations, 0.54%
Infection and Immunity
94 citations, 0.51%
FEMS Microbiology Letters
91 citations, 0.5%
BMC Genomics
90 citations, 0.49%
Bioresource Technology
88 citations, 0.48%
Microbial Biotechnology
87 citations, 0.48%
Microbiology spectrum
84 citations, 0.46%
mBio
82 citations, 0.45%
Journal of Applied Microbiology
80 citations, 0.44%
Proteomics
78 citations, 0.43%
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
75 citations, 0.41%
Metabolic Engineering
74 citations, 0.4%
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
74 citations, 0.4%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
73 citations, 0.4%
Archives of Microbiology
73 citations, 0.4%
Nucleic Acids Research
72 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
68 citations, 0.37%
Methods in Molecular Biology
66 citations, 0.36%
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
64 citations, 0.35%
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
60 citations, 0.33%
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
59 citations, 0.32%
Nature Communications
57 citations, 0.31%
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
57 citations, 0.31%
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
56 citations, 0.31%
Research in Microbiology
56 citations, 0.31%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
55 citations, 0.3%
Current Microbiology
54 citations, 0.29%
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
53 citations, 0.29%
Biochemistry
53 citations, 0.29%
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
53 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Proteome Research
52 citations, 0.28%
Biotechnology Advances
52 citations, 0.28%
Science of the Total Environment
51 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
51 citations, 0.28%
Molecules
49 citations, 0.27%
Nature Reviews Microbiology
48 citations, 0.26%
ACS Synthetic Biology
47 citations, 0.26%
Chemosphere
47 citations, 0.26%
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
46 citations, 0.25%
Process Biochemistry
44 citations, 0.24%
Environmental Science & Technology
44 citations, 0.24%
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
43 citations, 0.23%
Current Opinion in Microbiology
43 citations, 0.23%
Antibiotics
42 citations, 0.23%
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
42 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
42 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Food Microbiology
42 citations, 0.23%
Journal not defined
41 citations, 0.22%
Biotechnology for Biofuels
37 citations, 0.2%
Biotechnology Journal
36 citations, 0.2%
AMB Express
36 citations, 0.2%
Extremophiles
35 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Plant Science
34 citations, 0.19%
Future Microbiology
33 citations, 0.18%
ISME Journal
33 citations, 0.18%
Biochemical Engineering Journal
32 citations, 0.17%
Microbial Pathogenesis
32 citations, 0.17%
Aquaculture
32 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Proteomics
32 citations, 0.17%
mSystems
31 citations, 0.17%
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
31 citations, 0.17%
Foods
31 citations, 0.17%
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
31 citations, 0.17%
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
30 citations, 0.16%
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
30 citations, 0.16%
PLoS Genetics
29 citations, 0.16%
Biotechnology Letters
29 citations, 0.16%
Chemical Reviews
29 citations, 0.16%
Biomolecules
29 citations, 0.16%
Trends in Microbiology
29 citations, 0.16%
Food Research International
29 citations, 0.16%
Life
29 citations, 0.16%
PLoS Pathogens
28 citations, 0.15%
Microbial Ecology
28 citations, 0.15%
Microbiological Research
27 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
27 citations, 0.15%
Protein Expression and Purification
26 citations, 0.14%
Genes
26 citations, 0.14%
Aquaculture Research
25 citations, 0.14%
Fish and Shellfish Immunology
25 citations, 0.14%
Food Microbiology
24 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Microbiology
24 citations, 0.13%
Water Research
23 citations, 0.13%
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Springer Nature
3444 citations, 18.81%
Elsevier
3316 citations, 18.11%
Wiley
2011 citations, 10.99%
American Society for Microbiology
1556 citations, 8.5%
MDPI
954 citations, 5.21%
Frontiers Media S.A.
893 citations, 4.88%
Oxford University Press
533 citations, 2.91%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
532 citations, 2.91%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
486 citations, 2.65%
Taylor & Francis
476 citations, 2.6%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
349 citations, 1.91%
Microbiology Society
285 citations, 1.56%
S. Karger AG
230 citations, 1.26%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
195 citations, 1.07%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
180 citations, 0.98%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
125 citations, 0.68%
Hindawi Limited
101 citations, 0.55%
Pleiades Publishing
99 citations, 0.54%
Annual Reviews
70 citations, 0.38%
Mary Ann Liebert
60 citations, 0.33%
IOP Publishing
53 citations, 0.29%
Portland Press
50 citations, 0.27%
Cambridge University Press
45 citations, 0.25%
Canadian Science Publishing
43 citations, 0.23%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
42 citations, 0.23%
SAGE
31 citations, 0.17%
Scientific Societies
31 citations, 0.17%
29 citations, 0.16%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
28 citations, 0.15%
Han-Gug Misaengmul Hag-hoe/The Microbiological Society of Korea
27 citations, 0.15%
Walter de Gruyter
26 citations, 0.14%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
26 citations, 0.14%
The Royal Society
24 citations, 0.13%
PeerJ
24 citations, 0.13%
eLife Sciences Publications
22 citations, 0.12%
European Molecular Biology Organization
22 citations, 0.12%
IntechOpen
20 citations, 0.11%
Wageningen Academic Publishers
19 citations, 0.1%
American Physical Society (APS)
17 citations, 0.09%
AIP Publishing
16 citations, 0.09%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
15 citations, 0.08%
World Scientific
14 citations, 0.08%
Science Alert
14 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Research Publishing
14 citations, 0.08%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
13 citations, 0.07%
Rockefeller University Press
11 citations, 0.06%
Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
11 citations, 0.06%
Academic Journals
11 citations, 0.06%
IGI Global
11 citations, 0.06%
American Physiological Society
10 citations, 0.05%
9 citations, 0.05%
SciELO
9 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
8 citations, 0.04%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
8 citations, 0.04%
King Saud University
8 citations, 0.04%
Biophysical Society
8 citations, 0.04%
Japanese Society for Bacteriology
8 citations, 0.04%
7 citations, 0.04%
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
7 citations, 0.04%
Korean Society of Plant Pathology
7 citations, 0.04%
Korean Society of Food Science and Technology
7 citations, 0.04%
Inter-Research Science Center
7 citations, 0.04%
BMJ
7 citations, 0.04%
Microbiology Research Foundation
6 citations, 0.03%
CSIRO Publishing
6 citations, 0.03%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
5 citations, 0.03%
Higher Education Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Impact Journals
5 citations, 0.03%
Asian Network for Scientific Information
5 citations, 0.03%
Spandidos Publications
5 citations, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
5 citations, 0.03%
American Society of Animal Science
5 citations, 0.03%
Copernicus
5 citations, 0.03%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
5 citations, 0.03%
Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
5 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.03%
Research Square Platform LLC
5 citations, 0.03%
Emerald
4 citations, 0.02%
Trans Tech Publications
4 citations, 0.02%
The Company of Biologists
4 citations, 0.02%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
4 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Society Of Microbial Ecology
4 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (NAS Ukraine)
4 citations, 0.02%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
4 citations, 0.02%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
4 citations, 0.02%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
4 citations, 0.02%
Maad Rayan Publishing Company
4 citations, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
3 citations, 0.02%
3 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
3 citations, 0.02%
American Scientific Publishers
3 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
3 citations, 0.02%
Veterinary World
3 citations, 0.02%
Water Environment Federation
3 citations, 0.02%
Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 citations, 0.02%
3 citations, 0.02%
Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents
3 citations, 0.02%
China Science Publishing & Media
3 citations, 0.02%
Oriental Scientific Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.02%
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University of California, San Diego
38 publications, 5.17%
University of Tübingen
16 publications, 2.18%
National Autonomous University of Mexico
16 publications, 2.18%
University of Göttingen
15 publications, 2.04%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
10 publications, 1.36%
Philipps University of Marburg
9 publications, 1.22%
Humboldt University of Berlin
6 publications, 0.82%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
6 publications, 0.82%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
6 publications, 0.82%
Yamaguchi University
6 publications, 0.82%
AgroParisTech
6 publications, 0.82%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5 publications, 0.68%
Technical University of Denmark
5 publications, 0.68%
National Chung Hsing University
5 publications, 0.68%
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
5 publications, 0.68%
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
5 publications, 0.68%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5 publications, 0.68%
University of Groningen
5 publications, 0.68%
Université Paris-Saclay
5 publications, 0.68%
University Putra Malaysia
4 publications, 0.54%
China Medical University (Taiwan)
4 publications, 0.54%
University of Tsukuba
4 publications, 0.54%
Flinders University
4 publications, 0.54%
Tokyo Metropolitan University
4 publications, 0.54%
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
4 publications, 0.54%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 0.54%
University of Florida
4 publications, 0.54%
Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 0.41%
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
3 publications, 0.41%
Hadassah Medical Center
3 publications, 0.41%
Sichuan University
3 publications, 0.41%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 0.41%
Aix-Marseille University
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Edinburgh
3 publications, 0.41%
National University of Singapore
3 publications, 0.41%
Murdoch University
3 publications, 0.41%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.41%
Helmholtz Zentrum München
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Buenos Aires
3 publications, 0.41%
Ulm University
3 publications, 0.41%
Goethe University Frankfurt
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Greifswald
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
3 publications, 0.41%
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
3 publications, 0.41%
Osaka Metropolitan University
3 publications, 0.41%
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology
3 publications, 0.41%
United States National Library of Medicine
3 publications, 0.41%
National Center for Biotechnology Information
3 publications, 0.41%
Institute of Molecular Genetics of NRC «Kurchatov Institute»
2 publications, 0.27%
Far Eastern Federal University
2 publications, 0.27%
State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of NRC «Kurchatov Institute»
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Hyderabad
2 publications, 0.27%
Peking University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Liège
2 publications, 0.27%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.27%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 0.27%
Uppsala University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Bordeaux
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Bayreuth
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Skövde
2 publications, 0.27%
Jiangnan University
2 publications, 0.27%
Huazhong Agricultural University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Dundee
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Copenhagen
2 publications, 0.27%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2 publications, 0.27%
Jiangsu University
2 publications, 0.27%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.27%
Asia University
2 publications, 0.27%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2 publications, 0.27%
Shandong Agricultural University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Urbino
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.27%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 0.27%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.27%
Yunnan University
2 publications, 0.27%
Agricultural University of Athens
2 publications, 0.27%
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
2 publications, 0.27%
Democritus University of Thrace
2 publications, 0.27%
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
2 publications, 0.27%
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
2 publications, 0.27%
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
2 publications, 0.27%
Institut Pasteur
2 publications, 0.27%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.27%
Technical University of Braunschweig
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Duisburg-Essen
2 publications, 0.27%
Justus Liebig University Giessen
2 publications, 0.27%
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Konstanz
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Hohenheim
2 publications, 0.27%
Leipzig University
2 publications, 0.27%
Bielefeld University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2 publications, 0.27%
Nagaoka University of Technology
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Porto
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Sheffield
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Victoria
2 publications, 0.27%
Lakehead University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Cantabria
2 publications, 0.27%
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University of Tübingen
12 publications, 13.64%
University of California, San Diego
3 publications, 3.41%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
3 publications, 3.41%
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
2 publications, 2.27%
Technical University of Braunschweig
2 publications, 2.27%
University of Sheffield
2 publications, 2.27%
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences
1 publication, 1.14%
Banaras Hindu University
1 publication, 1.14%
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
1 publication, 1.14%
Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch
1 publication, 1.14%
University of Kufa
1 publication, 1.14%
Sichuan University
1 publication, 1.14%
Technische Universität Dresden
1 publication, 1.14%
University of Dundee
1 publication, 1.14%
Longyan University
1 publication, 1.14%
University of Messina
1 publication, 1.14%
University of Strathclyde
1 publication, 1.14%
Aberystwyth University
1 publication, 1.14%
Leibniz Institute for the German Language
1 publication, 1.14%
Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
1 publication, 1.14%
Leipzig University
1 publication, 1.14%
University of Bremen
1 publication, 1.14%
University of Stuttgart
1 publication, 1.14%
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
1 publication, 1.14%
Bielefeld University
1 publication, 1.14%
German Center for Infection Research
1 publication, 1.14%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
1 publication, 1.14%
Fukushima Medical University
1 publication, 1.14%
Yamagata University
1 publication, 1.14%
AgroParisTech
1 publication, 1.14%
Université Paris-Saclay
1 publication, 1.14%
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USA, 124, 16.87%
USA
124 publications, 16.87%
Germany, 123, 16.73%
Germany
123 publications, 16.73%
China, 58, 7.89%
China
58 publications, 7.89%
France, 44, 5.99%
France
44 publications, 5.99%
Japan, 34, 4.63%
Japan
34 publications, 4.63%
Mexico, 24, 3.27%
Mexico
24 publications, 3.27%
United Kingdom, 21, 2.86%
United Kingdom
21 publications, 2.86%
India, 21, 2.86%
India
21 publications, 2.86%
Argentina, 17, 2.31%
Argentina
17 publications, 2.31%
Spain, 17, 2.31%
Spain
17 publications, 2.31%
Russia, 14, 1.9%
Russia
14 publications, 1.9%
Australia, 13, 1.77%
Australia
13 publications, 1.77%
Canada, 13, 1.77%
Canada
13 publications, 1.77%
Italy, 11, 1.5%
Italy
11 publications, 1.5%
Iran, 10, 1.36%
Iran
10 publications, 1.36%
Republic of Korea, 10, 1.36%
Republic of Korea
10 publications, 1.36%
Belgium, 9, 1.22%
Belgium
9 publications, 1.22%
Denmark, 9, 1.22%
Denmark
9 publications, 1.22%
Israel, 9, 1.22%
Israel
9 publications, 1.22%
Netherlands, 9, 1.22%
Netherlands
9 publications, 1.22%
Poland, 9, 1.22%
Poland
9 publications, 1.22%
Sweden, 8, 1.09%
Sweden
8 publications, 1.09%
Brazil, 7, 0.95%
Brazil
7 publications, 0.95%
Malaysia, 6, 0.82%
Malaysia
6 publications, 0.82%
Turkey, 6, 0.82%
Turkey
6 publications, 0.82%
Portugal, 5, 0.68%
Portugal
5 publications, 0.68%
Greece, 5, 0.68%
Greece
5 publications, 0.68%
Czech Republic, 5, 0.68%
Czech Republic
5 publications, 0.68%
Thailand, 4, 0.54%
Thailand
4 publications, 0.54%
Austria, 3, 0.41%
Austria
3 publications, 0.41%
Norway, 3, 0.41%
Norway
3 publications, 0.41%
Singapore, 3, 0.41%
Singapore
3 publications, 0.41%
Tunisia, 3, 0.41%
Tunisia
3 publications, 0.41%
Chile, 3, 0.41%
Chile
3 publications, 0.41%
South Africa, 3, 0.41%
South Africa
3 publications, 0.41%
Hungary, 2, 0.27%
Hungary
2 publications, 0.27%
Egypt, 2, 0.27%
Egypt
2 publications, 0.27%
Iraq, 2, 0.27%
Iraq
2 publications, 0.27%
Ireland, 2, 0.27%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.27%
Romania, 2, 0.27%
Romania
2 publications, 0.27%
Sudan, 2, 0.27%
Sudan
2 publications, 0.27%
Algeria, 1, 0.14%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.14%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.14%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.14%
Barbados, 1, 0.14%
Barbados
1 publication, 0.14%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.14%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.14%
Venezuela, 1, 0.14%
Venezuela
1 publication, 0.14%
Kuwait, 1, 0.14%
Kuwait
1 publication, 0.14%
Lithuania, 1, 0.14%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.14%
UAE, 1, 0.14%
UAE
1 publication, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.14%
Serbia, 1, 0.14%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.14%
Finland, 1, 0.14%
Finland
1 publication, 0.14%
Croatia, 1, 0.14%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.14%
Switzerland, 1, 0.14%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.14%
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Germany, 19, 21.59%
Germany
19 publications, 21.59%
USA, 5, 5.68%
USA
5 publications, 5.68%
China, 3, 3.41%
China
3 publications, 3.41%
United Kingdom, 3, 3.41%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 3.41%
Czech Republic, 2, 2.27%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 2.27%
France, 1, 1.14%
France
1 publication, 1.14%
Austria, 1, 1.14%
Austria
1 publication, 1.14%
Argentina, 1, 1.14%
Argentina
1 publication, 1.14%
India, 1, 1.14%
India
1 publication, 1.14%
Iraq, 1, 1.14%
Iraq
1 publication, 1.14%
Iran, 1, 1.14%
Iran
1 publication, 1.14%
Italy, 1, 1.14%
Italy
1 publication, 1.14%
Mexico, 1, 1.14%
Mexico
1 publication, 1.14%
Romania, 1, 1.14%
Romania
1 publication, 1.14%
Japan, 1, 1.14%
Japan
1 publication, 1.14%
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