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Nature Portfolio · ISSN 2058-5276

Nature Microbiology impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.

Short answer

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 17.56 citations per paper for Nature Microbiology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
17.56Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
223Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
3442,936 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
SubscriptionAPC about $12,690Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works Nature Microbiology published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

1002003004002019202020212022202320242025344

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What Nature Microbiology publishes.

Mostly Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Nature Microbiology17.56223Subscription
NAR17.49869Open
Nature Cell Biology17.15486Subscription
Nature Metabolism18.48147Subscription
Cell Host & Microbe15.93312Subscription
Questions

About Nature Microbiology.

Comment 1What is the Nature Microbiology impact factor?
Response

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 17.56 citations per paper for Nature Microbiology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Nature Microbiology open access?
Response

Nature Microbiology is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.

Comment 3How many papers does Nature Microbiology publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 344 works in 2025, and 2,936 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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