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Frontiers Media · ISSN 1664-302X

Front Microbiol 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: 5.72 citations per paper for Front Microbiol, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
5.72Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
344Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
3,24842,295 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
OpenAPC about $3,801Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works Front Microbiol published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

2,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020192020202120222023202420253,248

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

Scope

What Front Microbiol publishes.

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

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Front Microbiol5.72344Open
EMBO Reports5.64252Open
Science Signaling6.00193Subscription
Genetics5.26416Subscription
Current Biology6.23453Subscription
Questions

About Front Microbiol.

Comment 1What is the Front Microbiol 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: 5.72 citations per paper for Front Microbiol, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Front Microbiol open access?
Response

Yes, Front Microbiol is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $3,801.

Comment 3How many papers does Front Microbiol publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 3,248 works in 2025, and 42,295 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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