Open Access
Open access

BMC Microbiology

Springer Nature
Springer Nature
ISSN: 14712180
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
4
SJR
0.999
CiteScore
7.2
Categories
Microbiology
Microbiology (medical)
Areas
Immunology and Microbiology
Medicine
Years of issue
2001-2025
journal names
BMC Microbiology
BMC MICROBIOL
Publications
5 931
Citations
177 453
h-index
144
Top-3 citing journals
Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers in Microbiology (7241 citations)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (5224 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (3357 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen (65 publications)
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University (62 publications)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (46 publications)
Top-3 countries
China (1328 publications)
USA (1251 publications)
Germany (431 publications)

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China, 1328, 22.39%
USA, 1251, 21.09%
Germany, 431, 7.27%
United Kingdom, 377, 6.36%
France, 333, 5.61%
Brazil, 253, 4.27%
Canada, 228, 3.84%
Italy, 206, 3.47%
India, 202, 3.41%
Japan, 200, 3.37%
Spain, 186, 3.14%
Australia, 172, 2.9%
Egypt, 155, 2.61%
Netherlands, 144, 2.43%
Sweden, 144, 2.43%
Switzerland, 140, 2.36%
Iran, 124, 2.09%
Denmark, 110, 1.85%
Belgium, 108, 1.82%
Republic of Korea, 107, 1.8%
Poland, 80, 1.35%
Austria, 75, 1.26%
Norway, 75, 1.26%
South Africa, 70, 1.18%
Ireland, 63, 1.06%
Mexico, 62, 1.05%
Portugal, 61, 1.03%
Finland, 58, 0.98%
Thailand, 57, 0.96%
Ethiopia, 57, 0.96%
Saudi Arabia, 56, 0.94%
Czech Republic, 47, 0.79%
Argentina, 44, 0.74%
Pakistan, 44, 0.74%
Kenya, 39, 0.66%
Malaysia, 37, 0.62%
New Zealand, 37, 0.62%
Russia, 36, 0.61%
Chile, 36, 0.61%
Singapore, 33, 0.56%
Israel, 31, 0.52%
Nigeria, 27, 0.46%
Hungary, 24, 0.4%
Indonesia, 23, 0.39%
Colombia, 23, 0.39%
Greece, 21, 0.35%
Tunisia, 20, 0.34%
Uganda, 20, 0.34%
Ghana, 18, 0.3%
Slovenia, 18, 0.3%
Bangladesh, 16, 0.27%
Burkina Faso, 15, 0.25%
Tanzania, 15, 0.25%
Cameroon, 14, 0.24%
Turkey, 13, 0.22%
Vietnam, 12, 0.2%
Slovakia, 11, 0.19%
Estonia, 10, 0.17%
Kuwait, 10, 0.17%
Nepal, 10, 0.17%
Iraq, 9, 0.15%
Sri Lanka, 9, 0.15%
Oman, 8, 0.13%
Venezuela, 7, 0.12%
Gambia, 6, 0.1%
Guadeloupe, 6, 0.1%
Zambia, 6, 0.1%
Lebanon, 6, 0.1%
Lithuania, 6, 0.1%
Romania, 6, 0.1%
Sudan, 6, 0.1%
Zimbabwe, 5, 0.08%
Morocco, 5, 0.08%
Mozambique, 5, 0.08%
UAE, 5, 0.08%
Philippines, 5, 0.08%
Croatia, 5, 0.08%
Ukraine, 4, 0.07%
Jordan, 4, 0.07%
Côte d'Ivoire, 4, 0.07%
Madagascar, 4, 0.07%
Mali, 4, 0.07%
Senegal, 4, 0.07%
Trinidad and Tobago, 4, 0.07%
Armenia, 3, 0.05%
Gabon, 3, 0.05%
Georgia, 3, 0.05%
Cambodia, 3, 0.05%
Qatar, 3, 0.05%
Congo-Brazzaville, 3, 0.05%
Papua New Guinea, 3, 0.05%
Peru, 3, 0.05%
Serbia, 3, 0.05%
Sierra Leone, 3, 0.05%
Uruguay, 3, 0.05%
Ecuador, 3, 0.05%
Kazakhstan, 2, 0.03%
Algeria, 2, 0.03%
Barbados, 2, 0.03%
Yemen, 2, 0.03%
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China, 728, 35.27%
USA, 202, 9.79%
Egypt, 126, 6.1%
Iran, 107, 5.18%
Germany, 80, 3.88%
India, 71, 3.44%
United Kingdom, 63, 3.05%
Japan, 59, 2.86%
Brazil, 50, 2.42%
France, 47, 2.28%
Republic of Korea, 46, 2.23%
Australia, 42, 2.03%
Canada, 38, 1.84%
Ethiopia, 37, 1.79%
Saudi Arabia, 36, 1.74%
Netherlands, 35, 1.7%
Italy, 32, 1.55%
Sweden, 30, 1.45%
Pakistan, 26, 1.26%
Switzerland, 26, 1.26%
South Africa, 25, 1.21%
Spain, 22, 1.07%
Belgium, 18, 0.87%
Denmark, 16, 0.78%
Nigeria, 16, 0.78%
Indonesia, 15, 0.73%
Norway, 15, 0.73%
Poland, 15, 0.73%
Czech Republic, 15, 0.73%
Kenya, 14, 0.68%
Mexico, 14, 0.68%
Thailand, 14, 0.68%
Austria, 12, 0.58%
Finland, 12, 0.58%
Ghana, 11, 0.53%
Uganda, 10, 0.48%
Portugal, 9, 0.44%
Singapore, 9, 0.44%
Russia, 8, 0.39%
Burkina Faso, 8, 0.39%
Hungary, 8, 0.39%
Iraq, 8, 0.39%
Malaysia, 8, 0.39%
New Zealand, 8, 0.39%
Bangladesh, 7, 0.34%
Israel, 7, 0.34%
Cameroon, 6, 0.29%
Colombia, 6, 0.29%
Tunisia, 6, 0.29%
Vietnam, 5, 0.24%
Zimbabwe, 5, 0.24%
Nepal, 5, 0.24%
Chile, 5, 0.24%
Ireland, 4, 0.19%
UAE, 4, 0.19%
Romania, 4, 0.19%
Sudan, 4, 0.19%
Ukraine, 3, 0.15%
Argentina, 3, 0.15%
Greece, 3, 0.15%
Zambia, 3, 0.15%
Côte d'Ivoire, 3, 0.15%
Trinidad and Tobago, 3, 0.15%
Turkey, 3, 0.15%
Philippines, 3, 0.15%
Sri Lanka, 3, 0.15%
Estonia, 2, 0.1%
Algeria, 2, 0.1%
Yemen, 2, 0.1%
Cambodia, 2, 0.1%
Qatar, 2, 0.1%
Kuwait, 2, 0.1%
Laos, 2, 0.1%
Lithuania, 2, 0.1%
Mali, 2, 0.1%
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Oman, 2, 0.1%
Palestine, 2, 0.1%
Slovakia, 2, 0.1%
Slovenia, 2, 0.1%
Tanzania, 2, 0.1%
Ecuador, 2, 0.1%
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Bhutan, 1, 0.05%
Gabon, 1, 0.05%
Gambia, 1, 0.05%
Georgia, 1, 0.05%
Jordan, 1, 0.05%
Cyprus, 1, 0.05%
Congo-Brazzaville, 1, 0.05%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1, 0.05%
Costa Rica, 1, 0.05%
Cuba, 1, 0.05%
Lebanon, 1, 0.05%
Liechtenstein, 1, 0.05%
Mauritius, 1, 0.05%
Malawi, 1, 0.05%
Morocco, 1, 0.05%
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