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Springer Nature · ISSN 1751-7362 · 1751-7370

ISME J 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: 10.80 citations per paper for ISME J, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
10.80Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
306Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
2984,562 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
OpenAPC about $4,153Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works ISME J published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

1002003004002019202020212022202320242025298

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

Scope

What ISME J publishes.

Mostly Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, within Environmental Science.

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
ISME J10.80306Open
Global Change Biology11.39401Subscription
Nature Ecology & Evolution11.80202Subscription
Ecology Letters7.60391Subscription
J Ecol5.29364Subscription
Questions

About ISME J.

Comment 1What is the ISME J 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: 10.80 citations per paper for ISME J, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is ISME J open access?
Response

Yes, ISME J is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $4,153.

Comment 3How many papers does ISME J publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 298 works in 2025, and 4,562 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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