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WOS
Q1
Impact factor
6.1
Years of issue
2024-2026
journal names
ISME Communications
ISME COMMUN
Publications
772
Citations
9 119
h-index
43
Publications
768
Citations
8 907

Most cited in 5 years

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Frontiers in Microbiology
279 citations, 3.06%
Science of the Total Environment
231 citations, 2.53%
Water Research
160 citations, 1.75%
Microorganisms
145 citations, 1.59%
Nature Communications
141 citations, 1.55%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
137 citations, 1.5%
Applied Soil Ecology
132 citations, 1.45%
Scientific Reports
126 citations, 1.38%
Frontiers in Marine Science
106 citations, 1.16%
Microbiome
103 citations, 1.13%
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
101 citations, 1.11%
Environmental Microbiology
98 citations, 1.07%
Environmental Science & Technology
95 citations, 1.04%
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
90 citations, 0.99%
mSystems
88 citations, 0.97%
Microbiology spectrum
88 citations, 0.97%
Journal of Environmental Management
85 citations, 0.93%
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
80 citations, 0.88%
Environmental Research
77 citations, 0.84%
Environmental Microbiomes
77 citations, 0.84%
Plant and Soil
75 citations, 0.82%
ISME Communications
70 citations, 0.77%
ISME Journal
68 citations, 0.75%
Chemical Engineering Journal
57 citations, 0.63%
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
55 citations, 0.6%
Environmental Microbiology Reports
52 citations, 0.57%
Trends in Microbiology
52 citations, 0.57%
PLoS ONE
49 citations, 0.54%
Limnology and Oceanography
46 citations, 0.5%
Global Change Biology
42 citations, 0.46%
Bioresource Technology
42 citations, 0.46%
Frontiers in Plant Science
41 citations, 0.45%
mBio
40 citations, 0.44%
Communications Biology
40 citations, 0.44%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
39 citations, 0.43%
Geoderma
38 citations, 0.42%
Nature Microbiology
38 citations, 0.42%
Systematic and Applied Microbiology
37 citations, 0.41%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
36 citations, 0.39%
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
36 citations, 0.39%
Agronomy
36 citations, 0.39%
Microbial Ecology
36 citations, 0.39%
Environmental Pollution
36 citations, 0.39%
bioRxiv
36 citations, 0.39%
Catena
32 citations, 0.35%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
32 citations, 0.35%
Microbiological Research
31 citations, 0.34%
BMC Microbiology
30 citations, 0.33%
Plants
30 citations, 0.33%
Nature Reviews Microbiology
30 citations, 0.33%
Molecular Ecology
30 citations, 0.33%
Biogeosciences
29 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
27 citations, 0.3%
Gut Microbes
27 citations, 0.3%
Current Opinion in Microbiology
27 citations, 0.3%
Land Degradation and Development
27 citations, 0.3%
Chemosphere
27 citations, 0.3%
Environmental International
26 citations, 0.29%
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
26 citations, 0.29%
Microbial genomics
26 citations, 0.29%
mSphere
25 citations, 0.27%
Marine Environmental Research
25 citations, 0.27%
Forests
25 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Water Process Engineering
24 citations, 0.26%
Animal Microbiome
24 citations, 0.26%
New Phytologist
23 citations, 0.25%
Communications Earth & Environment
23 citations, 0.25%
Biology and Fertility of Soils
22 citations, 0.24%
Scientific data
21 citations, 0.23%
PeerJ
21 citations, 0.23%
Ecology and Evolution
21 citations, 0.23%
Diversity
20 citations, 0.22%
Aquaculture
20 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
20 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Environmental Sciences
19 citations, 0.21%
Soil Ecology Letters
19 citations, 0.21%
Nature
18 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
18 citations, 0.2%
Science advances
18 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Fungi
17 citations, 0.19%
Water (Switzerland)
17 citations, 0.19%
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
16 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Applied Microbiology
16 citations, 0.18%
Soil and Tillage Research
16 citations, 0.18%
Harmful Algae
16 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
16 citations, 0.18%
Current Microbiology
16 citations, 0.18%
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
16 citations, 0.18%
iScience
15 citations, 0.16%
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
15 citations, 0.16%
Molecular Ecology Resources
15 citations, 0.16%
Phytobiomes Journal
15 citations, 0.16%
Heliyon
15 citations, 0.16%
Algal Research
15 citations, 0.16%
Rhizosphere
14 citations, 0.15%
Viruses
14 citations, 0.15%
Ecological Indicators
14 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Phycology
14 citations, 0.15%
European Journal of Soil Biology
14 citations, 0.15%
Biotechnology Advances
14 citations, 0.15%
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Elsevier
2649 citations, 29.05%
Springer Nature
1628 citations, 17.85%
Wiley
820 citations, 8.99%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
799 citations, 8.76%
MDPI
618 citations, 6.78%
Frontiers Media S.A.
548 citations, 6.01%
American Society for Microbiology
395 citations, 4.33%
Oxford University Press
293 citations, 3.21%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
177 citations, 1.94%
Taylor & Francis
107 citations, 1.17%
Microbiology Society
91 citations, 1%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
74 citations, 0.81%
American Geophysical Union
47 citations, 0.52%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
42 citations, 0.46%
Copernicus
41 citations, 0.45%
Annual Reviews
37 citations, 0.41%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
31 citations, 0.34%
Research Square Platform LLC
30 citations, 0.33%
The Royal Society
26 citations, 0.29%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
23 citations, 0.25%
PeerJ
23 citations, 0.25%
Scientific Societies
23 citations, 0.25%
Cambridge University Press
14 citations, 0.15%
Inter-Research Science Center
13 citations, 0.14%
Pensoft Publishers
12 citations, 0.13%
OAE Publishing Inc.
10 citations, 0.11%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
9 citations, 0.1%
The Company of Biologists
7 citations, 0.08%
Science in China Press
7 citations, 0.08%
BMJ
7 citations, 0.08%
American Dairy Science Association
7 citations, 0.08%
SAGE
6 citations, 0.07%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
6 citations, 0.07%
eLife Sciences Publications
6 citations, 0.07%
Canadian Science Publishing
6 citations, 0.07%
F1000 Research
6 citations, 0.07%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5 citations, 0.05%
IWA Publishing
5 citations, 0.05%
American Society for Nutrition
5 citations, 0.05%
Mary Ann Liebert
4 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.04%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.04%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.03%
Optica Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.03%
Portland Press
3 citations, 0.03%
American Physical Society (APS)
3 citations, 0.03%
Water Environment Federation
3 citations, 0.03%
Baishideng Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.03%
Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
3 citations, 0.03%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.02%
Pleiades Publishing
2 citations, 0.02%
Medpharm Publications Ltd.
2 citations, 0.02%
American Physiological Society
2 citations, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
2 citations, 0.02%
Spandidos Publications
2 citations, 0.02%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2 citations, 0.02%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
2 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2 citations, 0.02%
Veterinary World
2 citations, 0.02%
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
2 citations, 0.02%
Korean Society of Mycology
2 citations, 0.02%
S. Karger AG
2 citations, 0.02%
CSIRO Publishing
2 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
2 citations, 0.02%
PAGEPress Publications
2 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
2 citations, 0.02%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Rockefeller University Press
1 citation, 0.01%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.01%
University of California Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.01%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1 citation, 0.01%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
1 citation, 0.01%
Magnolia Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
1 citation, 0.01%
Japanese Society Of Microbial Ecology
1 citation, 0.01%
Zhejiang University Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Tsinghua University Press
1 citation, 0.01%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
1 citation, 0.01%
The Endocrine Society
1 citation, 0.01%
American Medical Association (AMA)
1 citation, 0.01%
Mineralogical Society of America
1 citation, 0.01%
International Association for Great Lakes Research
1 citation, 0.01%
Japanese Society of Limnology
1 citation, 0.01%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
1 citation, 0.01%
Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
1 citation, 0.01%
Zoological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.01%
Han-Gug Misaengmul Hag-hoe/The Microbiological Society of Korea
1 citation, 0.01%
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
1 citation, 0.01%
Medknow
1 citation, 0.01%
The Electrochemical Society
1 citation, 0.01%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.01%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
1 citation, 0.01%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
1 citation, 0.01%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.01%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.01%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.01%
FARC of the North-East named N.V. Rudnitskogo
1 citation, 0.01%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 publications, 5.05%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
26 publications, 3.37%
ETH Zurich
21 publications, 2.72%
University of California, Berkeley
21 publications, 2.72%
University of Queensland
20 publications, 2.59%
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
20 publications, 2.59%
Sorbonne University
19 publications, 2.46%
University of Copenhagen
17 publications, 2.2%
University of Vienna
17 publications, 2.2%
Joint Genome Institute
17 publications, 2.2%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
16 publications, 2.07%
University of Southern California
15 publications, 1.94%
Stanford University
15 publications, 1.94%
Kyoto University
15 publications, 1.94%
Université Paris-Saclay
15 publications, 1.94%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
15 publications, 1.94%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14 publications, 1.81%
University of California, San Diego
14 publications, 1.81%
University of Georgia
14 publications, 1.81%
University of Bremen
13 publications, 1.68%
Xiamen University
12 publications, 1.55%
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
12 publications, 1.55%
Utrecht University
12 publications, 1.55%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
12 publications, 1.55%
University of Helsinki
11 publications, 1.42%
Cornell University
11 publications, 1.42%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
11 publications, 1.42%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
11 publications, 1.42%
Université Laval
11 publications, 1.42%
China Agricultural University
10 publications, 1.3%
Technical University of Denmark
10 publications, 1.3%
Oregon State University
10 publications, 1.3%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
10 publications, 1.3%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
10 publications, 1.3%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
10 publications, 1.3%
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
10 publications, 1.3%
University of Montpellier
10 publications, 1.3%
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
10 publications, 1.3%
Technical University of Munich
9 publications, 1.17%
Queensland University of Technology
9 publications, 1.17%
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
9 publications, 1.17%
University of Washington
9 publications, 1.17%
University of Göttingen
9 publications, 1.17%
Leiden University
9 publications, 1.17%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9 publications, 1.17%
University of Tennessee
9 publications, 1.17%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
8 publications, 1.04%
Aix-Marseille University
8 publications, 1.04%
Aalborg University
8 publications, 1.04%
University of Oxford
8 publications, 1.04%
Aarhus University
8 publications, 1.04%
University of California, Santa Cruz
8 publications, 1.04%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
8 publications, 1.04%
University of Texas at Austin
8 publications, 1.04%
University of Waterloo
8 publications, 1.04%
University of Innsbruck
8 publications, 1.04%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
8 publications, 1.04%
Netherlands Institute of Ecology
8 publications, 1.04%
University of East Anglia
8 publications, 1.04%
Institut de Ciències del Mar
8 publications, 1.04%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
8 publications, 1.04%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
8 publications, 1.04%
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
8 publications, 1.04%
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
8 publications, 1.04%
University of Tübingen
7 publications, 0.91%
Stockholm University
7 publications, 0.91%
Delft University of Technology
7 publications, 0.91%
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
7 publications, 0.91%
Georgia Institute of technology
7 publications, 0.91%
Pennsylvania State University
7 publications, 0.91%
University of Melbourne
7 publications, 0.91%
Translational Research Institute
7 publications, 0.91%
Dalhousie University
7 publications, 0.91%
North Carolina State University
7 publications, 0.91%
Ohio State University
7 publications, 0.91%
University of Arizona
7 publications, 0.91%
University of California, Riverside
7 publications, 0.91%
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity
7 publications, 0.91%
Paris Cité University
7 publications, 0.91%
University of Minnesota
7 publications, 0.91%
University of Greifswald
7 publications, 0.91%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7 publications, 0.91%
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
7 publications, 0.91%
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
7 publications, 0.91%
University of Toulon
7 publications, 0.91%
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 publications, 0.91%
Zhejiang University
6 publications, 0.78%
Ghent University
6 publications, 0.78%
Radboud University Nijmegen
6 publications, 0.78%
Free University of Berlin
6 publications, 0.78%
Sun Yat-sen University
6 publications, 0.78%
Ocean University of China
6 publications, 0.78%
University of Technology Sydney
6 publications, 0.78%
Shenzhen University
6 publications, 0.78%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
6 publications, 0.78%
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
6 publications, 0.78%
University of Auckland
6 publications, 0.78%
Australian Institute of Marine Science
6 publications, 0.78%
University of Pretoria
6 publications, 0.78%
Princeton University
6 publications, 0.78%
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USA, 211, 27.33%
USA
211 publications, 27.33%
China, 109, 14.12%
China
109 publications, 14.12%
Germany, 87, 11.27%
Germany
87 publications, 11.27%
United Kingdom, 58, 7.51%
United Kingdom
58 publications, 7.51%
Australia, 44, 5.7%
Australia
44 publications, 5.7%
Canada, 44, 5.7%
Canada
44 publications, 5.7%
France, 43, 5.57%
France
43 publications, 5.57%
Netherlands, 34, 4.4%
Netherlands
34 publications, 4.4%
Switzerland, 33, 4.27%
Switzerland
33 publications, 4.27%
Denmark, 30, 3.89%
Denmark
30 publications, 3.89%
Japan, 26, 3.37%
Japan
26 publications, 3.37%
Spain, 21, 2.72%
Spain
21 publications, 2.72%
Norway, 20, 2.59%
Norway
20 publications, 2.59%
Sweden, 16, 2.07%
Sweden
16 publications, 2.07%
Austria, 15, 1.94%
Austria
15 publications, 1.94%
Belgium, 13, 1.68%
Belgium
13 publications, 1.68%
Israel, 12, 1.55%
Israel
12 publications, 1.55%
New Zealand, 12, 1.55%
New Zealand
12 publications, 1.55%
Finland, 12, 1.55%
Finland
12 publications, 1.55%
Italy, 10, 1.3%
Italy
10 publications, 1.3%
Portugal, 6, 0.78%
Portugal
6 publications, 0.78%
Saudi Arabia, 6, 0.78%
Saudi Arabia
6 publications, 0.78%
Mexico, 4, 0.52%
Mexico
4 publications, 0.52%
Russia, 3, 0.39%
Russia
3 publications, 0.39%
Estonia, 3, 0.39%
Estonia
3 publications, 0.39%
India, 3, 0.39%
India
3 publications, 0.39%
Ireland, 3, 0.39%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.39%
Colombia, 3, 0.39%
Colombia
3 publications, 0.39%
Luxembourg, 3, 0.39%
Luxembourg
3 publications, 0.39%
Singapore, 3, 0.39%
Singapore
3 publications, 0.39%
Chile, 3, 0.39%
Chile
3 publications, 0.39%
South Africa, 3, 0.39%
South Africa
3 publications, 0.39%
Bermuda, 2, 0.26%
Bermuda
2 publications, 0.26%
Brazil, 2, 0.26%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.26%
Greece, 2, 0.26%
Greece
2 publications, 0.26%
Iceland, 2, 0.26%
Iceland
2 publications, 0.26%
Lithuania, 2, 0.26%
Lithuania
2 publications, 0.26%
Malaysia, 2, 0.26%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.26%
Panama, 2, 0.26%
Panama
2 publications, 0.26%
Poland, 2, 0.26%
Poland
2 publications, 0.26%
Slovenia, 2, 0.26%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.26%
Thailand, 2, 0.26%
Thailand
2 publications, 0.26%
Turkey, 2, 0.26%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.26%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.26%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 0.26%
Hungary, 1, 0.13%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.13%
Egypt, 1, 0.13%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.13%
Indonesia, 1, 0.13%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.13%
Cambodia, 1, 0.13%
Cambodia
1 publication, 0.13%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.13%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.13%
Mauritania, 1, 0.13%
Mauritania
1 publication, 0.13%
Madagascar, 1, 0.13%
Madagascar
1 publication, 0.13%
Morocco, 1, 0.13%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.13%
Mozambique, 1, 0.13%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.13%
Namibia, 1, 0.13%
Namibia
1 publication, 0.13%
Oman, 1, 0.13%
Oman
1 publication, 0.13%
Pakistan, 1, 0.13%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.13%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.13%
Puerto Rico
1 publication, 0.13%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.13%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.13%
Tanzania, 1, 0.13%
Tanzania
1 publication, 0.13%
Uruguay, 1, 0.13%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.13%
Faroe Islands, 1, 0.13%
Faroe Islands
1 publication, 0.13%
Philippines, 1, 0.13%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.13%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.13%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.13%
Taiwan, 1, 0.13%
Taiwan
1 publication, 0.13%
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