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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
4.5
SJR
1.203
CiteScore
4.2
Categories
Microbiology
Areas
Immunology and Microbiology
Years of issue
2022-2025
journal names
mLife
Publications
190
Citations
1 324
h-index
18
Publications
190
Citations
1 291
Top-3 citing journals
mLife
mLife (62 citations)
Microorganisms
Microorganisms (33 citations)
Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers in Microbiology (30 citations)
Top-3 countries
China (134 publications)
USA (35 publications)
Germany (8 publications)

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Citing journals

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mLife
62 citations, 4.68%
Microorganisms
33 citations, 2.49%
Frontiers in Microbiology
30 citations, 2.27%
Environmental Research
24 citations, 1.81%
Science of the Total Environment
22 citations, 1.66%
mBio
20 citations, 1.51%
Nature Communications
18 citations, 1.36%
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
18 citations, 1.36%
Water Research
17 citations, 1.28%
Microbiology spectrum
17 citations, 1.28%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
17 citations, 1.28%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
16 citations, 1.21%
Journal of Fungi
14 citations, 1.06%
Bioresource Technology
13 citations, 0.98%
Systematic and Applied Microbiology
11 citations, 0.83%
mSystems
10 citations, 0.76%
Corrosion Science
10 citations, 0.76%
Environmental Science & Technology
10 citations, 0.76%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
9 citations, 0.68%
Biotechnology Advances
9 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Environmental Management
9 citations, 0.68%
Nucleic Acids Research
9 citations, 0.68%
eLife
9 citations, 0.68%
Microbiome
8 citations, 0.6%
Applied Soil Ecology
8 citations, 0.6%
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
8 citations, 0.6%
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
8 citations, 0.6%
The Microbe
8 citations, 0.6%
Communications Biology
7 citations, 0.53%
Scientific Reports
7 citations, 0.53%
BMC Microbiology
6 citations, 0.45%
Trends in Food Science and Technology
6 citations, 0.45%
Microbiological Research
6 citations, 0.45%
Infection and Drug Resistance
6 citations, 0.45%
iMeta
6 citations, 0.45%
bioRxiv
6 citations, 0.45%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
5 citations, 0.38%
Global Change Biology
5 citations, 0.38%
Microbial Pathogenesis
5 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
5 citations, 0.38%
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
5 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Applied Microbiology
5 citations, 0.38%
Environmental Pollution
5 citations, 0.38%
Chemical Engineering Journal
5 citations, 0.38%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
5 citations, 0.38%
Environmental Technology and Innovation
5 citations, 0.38%
Pathogens
5 citations, 0.38%
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
5 citations, 0.38%
Cell Reports Physical Science
5 citations, 0.38%
Frontiers in Immunology
4 citations, 0.3%
Molecules
4 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
4 citations, 0.3%
PLoS Pathogens
4 citations, 0.3%
ACS Synthetic Biology
4 citations, 0.3%
Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
4 citations, 0.3%
LWT - Food Science and Technology
4 citations, 0.3%
Agronomy
4 citations, 0.3%
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
4 citations, 0.3%
Current Opinion in Microbiology
4 citations, 0.3%
Bioelectrochemistry
4 citations, 0.3%
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
4 citations, 0.3%
Mycology
4 citations, 0.3%
Current Microbiology
4 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Bacteriology
4 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
4 citations, 0.3%
Archives of Microbiology
4 citations, 0.3%
Nature Microbiology
4 citations, 0.3%
Vaccines
4 citations, 0.3%
mSphere
3 citations, 0.23%
Environmental International
3 citations, 0.23%
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Cleaner Production
3 citations, 0.23%
Microbiology
3 citations, 0.23%
Environmental Microbiology
3 citations, 0.23%
Advanced Science
3 citations, 0.23%
Molecular Plant Pathology
3 citations, 0.23%
RNA Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
Cell Reports
3 citations, 0.23%
Ecological Indicators
3 citations, 0.23%
Foods
3 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
3 citations, 0.23%
Fermentation
3 citations, 0.23%
Annual Review of Microbiology
3 citations, 0.23%
ISME Journal
3 citations, 0.23%
Trends in Biotechnology
3 citations, 0.23%
Virulence
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Molecular Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
Food Control
3 citations, 0.23%
Microbial Biotechnology
3 citations, 0.23%
Nature Reviews Microbiology
3 citations, 0.23%
Microbial Cell Factories
3 citations, 0.23%
Microbial genomics
3 citations, 0.23%
Emerging Microbes & Infections
3 citations, 0.23%
The Innovation
3 citations, 0.23%
Soil Ecology Letters
3 citations, 0.23%
Industrial Crops and Products
2 citations, 0.15%
Rhizosphere
2 citations, 0.15%
Pharmaceuticals
2 citations, 0.15%
Food Bioscience
2 citations, 0.15%
Marine Environmental Research
2 citations, 0.15%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
407 citations, 30.74%
Springer Nature
177 citations, 13.37%
Wiley
149 citations, 11.25%
MDPI
143 citations, 10.8%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
84 citations, 6.34%
American Society for Microbiology
80 citations, 6.04%
Frontiers Media S.A.
55 citations, 4.15%
Taylor & Francis
33 citations, 2.49%
Oxford University Press
33 citations, 2.49%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
32 citations, 2.42%
Microbiology Society
11 citations, 0.83%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
9 citations, 0.68%
eLife Sciences Publications
9 citations, 0.68%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
7 citations, 0.53%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
7 citations, 0.53%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
5 citations, 0.38%
Science in China Press
4 citations, 0.3%
Annual Reviews
4 citations, 0.3%
Canadian Science Publishing
4 citations, 0.3%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.3%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
3 citations, 0.23%
Portland Press
3 citations, 0.23%
Research Square Platform LLC
3 citations, 0.23%
Pensoft Publishers
2 citations, 0.15%
American Geophysical Union
2 citations, 0.15%
SAGE
1 citation, 0.08%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.08%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.08%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.08%
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.08%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.08%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.08%
Spandidos Publications
1 citation, 0.08%
Editions E D K
1 citation, 0.08%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
BMJ
1 citation, 0.08%
CSIRO Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.08%
Scientific Societies
1 citation, 0.08%
CABI Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
F1000 Research
1 citation, 0.08%
Maximum Academic Press
1 citation, 0.08%
The Resources Processing Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.08%
Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
1 citation, 0.08%
Apex Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
IgMin Publications Inc.
1 citation, 0.08%
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Publishing organizations

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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
43 publications, 22.63%
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
23 publications, 12.11%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
18 publications, 9.47%
Shandong University
13 publications, 6.84%
Sun Yat-sen University
9 publications, 4.74%
Zhejiang University
8 publications, 4.21%
University of Oklahoma
8 publications, 4.21%
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
8 publications, 4.21%
Tsinghua University
7 publications, 3.68%
Nanjing Agricultural University
7 publications, 3.68%
Ocean University of China
7 publications, 3.68%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
7 publications, 3.68%
South China Agricultural University
5 publications, 2.63%
Southern University of Science and Technology
5 publications, 2.63%
Michigan State University
5 publications, 2.63%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
5 publications, 2.63%
Peking University
4 publications, 2.11%
Fudan University
4 publications, 2.11%
China Agricultural University
4 publications, 2.11%
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
4 publications, 2.11%
Xiamen University
4 publications, 2.11%
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 2.11%
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 2.11%
Aix-Marseille University
3 publications, 1.58%
Central South University
3 publications, 1.58%
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
3 publications, 1.58%
Wuhan University of Technology
3 publications, 1.58%
Nankai University
3 publications, 1.58%
Capital Medical University
3 publications, 1.58%
South China Normal University
3 publications, 1.58%
Huazhong Agricultural University
3 publications, 1.58%
Shenzhen University
3 publications, 1.58%
Tianjin University
3 publications, 1.58%
Georgia Institute of technology
3 publications, 1.58%
Shandong First Medical University
3 publications, 1.58%
University of Queensland
3 publications, 1.58%
University of Science and Technology of China
3 publications, 1.58%
Guangxi University
3 publications, 1.58%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 1.58%
Institut Pasteur
3 publications, 1.58%
Purdue University
3 publications, 1.58%
South China University of Technology
2 publications, 1.05%
Tongji University
2 publications, 1.05%
Fujian Normal University
2 publications, 1.05%
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
2 publications, 1.05%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 1.05%
Northeastern University
2 publications, 1.05%
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
2 publications, 1.05%
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
2 publications, 1.05%
East China Normal University
2 publications, 1.05%
East China University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 1.05%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 1.05%
Tianjin University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 1.05%
ShanghaiTech University
2 publications, 1.05%
National University of Singapore
2 publications, 1.05%
Southwest Medical University
2 publications, 1.05%
Anhui University
2 publications, 1.05%
University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 1.05%
Harvard University
2 publications, 1.05%
Westlake University
2 publications, 1.05%
Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University
2 publications, 1.05%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2 publications, 1.05%
Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
2 publications, 1.05%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 1.05%
University of Saskatchewan
2 publications, 1.05%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2 publications, 1.05%
Université Paris-Saclay
2 publications, 1.05%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 1.05%
Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
Central Connecticut State University
2 publications, 1.05%
Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.05%
Novosibirsk State University
1 publication, 0.53%
Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine
1 publication, 0.53%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.53%
Zhejiang University of Technology
1 publication, 0.53%
Jain University
1 publication, 0.53%
Sichuan University
1 publication, 0.53%
Jilin University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
1 publication, 0.53%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Bayreuth
1 publication, 0.53%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.53%
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.53%
Nanjing Medical University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.53%
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
1 publication, 0.53%
China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
1 publication, 0.53%
Beijing Forestry University
1 publication, 0.53%
Central China Normal University
1 publication, 0.53%
Hubei University of Medicine
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.53%
Jiangsu Normal University
1 publication, 0.53%
Chongqing Medical University
1 publication, 0.53%
Chongqing University
1 publication, 0.53%
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China, 134, 70.53%
China
134 publications, 70.53%
USA, 35, 18.42%
USA
35 publications, 18.42%
Germany, 8, 4.21%
Germany
8 publications, 4.21%
Canada, 7, 3.68%
Canada
7 publications, 3.68%
Australia, 5, 2.63%
Australia
5 publications, 2.63%
United Kingdom, 5, 2.63%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 2.63%
Japan, 4, 2.11%
Japan
4 publications, 2.11%
France, 3, 1.58%
France
3 publications, 1.58%
Singapore, 3, 1.58%
Singapore
3 publications, 1.58%
Switzerland, 3, 1.58%
Switzerland
3 publications, 1.58%
Austria, 2, 1.05%
Austria
2 publications, 1.05%
Denmark, 2, 1.05%
Denmark
2 publications, 1.05%
Netherlands, 2, 1.05%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.05%
Norway, 2, 1.05%
Norway
2 publications, 1.05%
Brazil, 1, 0.53%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.53%
India, 1, 0.53%
India
1 publication, 0.53%
Spain, 1, 0.53%
Spain
1 publication, 0.53%
Mexico, 1, 0.53%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.53%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.53%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.53%
Romania, 1, 0.53%
Romania
1 publication, 0.53%
Finland, 1, 0.53%
Finland
1 publication, 0.53%
South Africa, 1, 0.53%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.53%
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