Journal of Bacteriology

American Society for Microbiology · Not Open Access· Medline

Data up to Jan 2025

Total Papers54,653

Total Citations2,919,486

Years Active1913–2024

ISSN0021-9193, 1067-8832, 1098-5530

EISSN10985530

Primary Fields

Impact Metrics

2-Year IF (2024)3.45

5-Year IF (2024)3.57

CiteScore (2024)2.91

Metrics computed from OpenAlex data unless marked (official).

Retraction Statistics

Retractions15

Corrections1

Retraction Rate0.23%

Based on Retraction Watch data. Tracked 1997–2020.

Publishing Details

LicenseCC BY

LanguagesENG

Data from Scopus & DOAJ.