Journal profile

Microbial cell factories

Publisher: BioMed Central
ISSN1475-2859 FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.51
Citation rate 6.96 4,107 total citations
h5-index 64 h5 depth signal
Cited share 93.3% 571 of 612
Total citations 4,107 Citation footprint
Metric signal 8.20 External metric anchor
Self-citation 3.1% 128 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 1,065
Germany 292
United States 222
Egypt 184
Spain 126

Citing Fields of Research

Industrial Microbiology 1,874
Bacteriology 1,223
Genetics & Genomics 481
Biochemical Engineering 292
Paper & Wood Materials Science 189

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 3,944 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 612 571 cited publications
Last 12 months 288 24.0 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 288 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 1,065 citing publications
Leading citing field Industrial Microbiology 1,874 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 17 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v8n1, 2009-
PubMed
v1n1,2002-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Industrial Microbiology Bacteriology Genetics & Genomics Nanoparticles Mycotoxins

Broad Categories

Biotechnology Microbiology Paper & Wood Materials Science Industrial Microbiology Mycotoxins Bacteriology Fungal Pathogenesis Photoproductivity

MeSH Descriptors

Biotechnology Cell Culture Techniques Cells Genetics, Microbial Recombinant Proteins

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

03
Tamára F. Santos, Inês B. Maia, Veronica Rossetto et al.
Interactions between microalgae and associated bacteria can enhance growth performance and biomass quality, yet their evaluation beyond laboratory scale remains limited. Here, 124 bacterial strains were isolated from industrial autotroph...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from BioMed Central archive volume screen (viewed Aug. 16, 2002).

Articles are added consecutively to the current annual volume.

Text (electronic journal) available in HTML and PDF formats.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Mode of access: Internet.