Top Peer Reviewed Journals – Microbiology Presented to Iowa State University Presented by Thomson Reuters Microbiology The subject discipline for Microbiology is made of 5 narrow subject categories from the Web of Science. The 5 categories that make up Microbiology are: 1. Microbiology 4. Parasitology 2. Microscopy 5. Virology 3. Mycology The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the 1st quartile for Microbiology based on Impact Factors (IF), three year averages and their quartile ranking. Journal 2009 IF 2010 IF 2011 IF Average IF NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 17.64 20.68 21.18 19.83 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 14.69 13.5 16.12 14.77 Cell Host & Microbe 13.02 13.72 13.5 13.41 ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY 12.8 12.41 14.34 13.18 MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR 12.58 12.22 13.01 12.60 BIOLOGY REVIEWS FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 9.78 11.79 10.96 10.84 PLoS Pathogens 8.97 9.07 9.12 9.05 ADVANCES IN MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY 5.75 8.55 9.87 8.06 CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY 7.86 7.71 7.92 7.83 TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY 6.89 7.5 7.91 7.43 REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY 7.44 5.6 7.2 6.75 ISME Journal 6.39 6.15 7.37 6.64 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY 5.34 6.27 5.81 CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY 5.72 5.62 5.45 5.60 Advances in Parasitology 6.23 4.39 5.31 mBio 5.31 5.31 Retrovirology 4.1 5.23 6.47 5.27 JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 5.15 5.18 5.4 5.24 MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 5.36 4.81 5.01 5.06 TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY 4.29 4.9 5.14 4.78 ADVANCES IN VIRUS RESEARCH 5.52 4.83 3.97 4.77 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND 4.8 4.67 4.84 4.77 CHEMOTHERAPY Advances in Applied Microbiology 3.91 5.23 4.57 Acta Biomaterialia 3.97 4.82 4.86 4.55 Microbial Cell Factories 4.54 4.54 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND 4.01 4.78 4.54 4.44 INFECTION ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH 4.43 4.3 4.37 HARMFUL ALGAE 4.28 4.28 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL 4.17 4.17 MICROBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF 3.78 4.12 3.95 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 3.94 3.82 3.88 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND 3.83 3.83 IMMUNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR 3.81 3.82 3.82 PARASITOLOGY EUKARYOTIC CELL 3.8 3.80 APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL 3.77 3.82 3.80 MICROBIOLOGY Year – 2009 Journal Impact Factor Ranking NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 17.64 1/101 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 14.69 2/101 Cell Host & Microbe 13.02 3/101 ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY 12.8 4/101 MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS 12.58 5/101 FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 9.78 6/101 PLoS Pathogens 8.97 7/101 CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY 7.86 8/101 REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY 7.44 9/101 TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY 6.89 10/101 ISME Journal 6.39 11/101 Advances in Parasitology 6.23 12/101 ADVANCES IN MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY 5.75 13/101 CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY 5.72 14/101 ADVANCES IN VIRUS RESEARCH 5.52 15/101 MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 5.36 16/101 JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 5.15 17/101 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 4.8 18/101 TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY 4.29 19/101 Retrovirology 4.1 20/101 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION 4.01 21/101 Acta Biomaterialia 3.97 22/101 JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 3.94 23/101 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY 3.81 24/101 EUKARYOTIC CELL 3.8 25/101 Year – 2010 Journal Impact Factor Ranking NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 20.68 1/120 Cell Host & Microbe 13.72 2/120 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 13.5 3/120 Annual Review of Microbiology 12.41 4/120 MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS 12.22 5/120 FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 11.79 6/120 PLoS Pathogens 9.07 7/120 Advances in Microbial Physiology 8.55 8/120 CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY 7.71 9/120 TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY 7.5 10/120 ISME Journal 6.15 11/120 CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY 5.62 12/120 REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY 5.6 13/120 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY 5.34 14/120 Retrovirology 5.23 15/120 JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 5.18 16/120 TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY 4.9 17/120 Advances in Virus Research 4.83 18/120 Acta Biomaterialia 4.82 19/120 MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 4.81 20/120 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION 4.78 21/120 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 4.67 22/120 Microbial Cell Factories 4.54 23/120 ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH 4.43 24/120 HARMFUL ALGAE 4.28 25/120 Advances in Applied Microbiology 3.91 26/120 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY 3.82 27/120 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS 3.78 28/120 APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 3.77 29/120 Year – 2011 Journal Impact Factor Ranking NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 21.18 1/126 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 16.12 2/126 Annual Review of Microbiology 14.34 3/126 Cell Host & Microbe 13.5 4/126 MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS 13.01 5/126 FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 10.96 6/126 Advances in Microbial Physiology 9.87 7/126 PLoS Pathogens 9.12 8/126 CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY 7.92 9/126 TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY 7.91 10/126 ISME Journal 7.37 11/126 REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY 7.2 12/126 Retrovirology 6.47 13/126 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY 6.27 14/126 CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY 5.45 15/126 JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 5.4 16/126 mBio 5.31 17/126 Advances in Applied Microbiology 5.23 18/126 TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY 5.14 19/126 MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 5.01 20/126 Acta Biomaterialia 4.86 21/126 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 4.84 22/126 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION 4.54 23/126 Advances in Parasitology 4.39 24/126 ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH 4.3 25/126 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL 4.17 26/126 MICROBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS 4.12 27/126 Advances in Virus Research 3.97 28/126 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 3.83 29/126 APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 3.82 30/126 JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 3.82 30/126 .