ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #1,134Top JournalGold OA

Emerging Microbes & Infections

Acronym:emi
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Abbreviation (ISO):EMERGING MICROBES INFECT
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Identifier (ISSN):2222-1751(Print)
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Publisher:Springer Nature
Clarivate IF (2026)
7↓ -0.5
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Emerging Microbes & Infections

WoS Q1
41119266.0320186.2120195.7820207.16202119.6202213.220238.420247.5202572026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):7
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
2.269
#1,134

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
115

115 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate2.4%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessGold OA
206articles/year
100% Gold OA•94.42% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Emerging Microbes & Infections (EMI) is a new open access, fully peer-reviewed international journal. The purpose of EMI is to provide a forum to publish a wide range of scientific reports related to emerging infectious diseases, especially with new information from developing countries where such diseases are constantly arising and being discovered regularly. It will report discoveries of emerging microbes (bacteria, viruses, fungi and other pathogens) including their previously unknown phenotypic or genotypic characteristics, as well as cutting edge information associated with microbial mechanisms of pathogenesis, immune evasion and protection, clinical presentation and outcome, drug efficacy and its resistance, epidemiology and other issues important to global health.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
BiologyMedicineGeneticsVirologyImmunologyChemistryPathologyBiochemistryInternal MedicinePathology & DiseasesMicrobiologyAntibodies & ImmunologyGeologyPaleontology
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSCIE2026

IMMUNOLOGY

Q1
Rank29/183
IndexSCIE
JCRSCIE2026

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Q1
Rank12/141
IndexSCIE
JCRSCIE2026

MICROBIOLOGY

Q1
Rank20/167
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

IMMUNOLOGY

Q1
Rank13/183
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Q1
Rank6/141
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

MICROBIOLOGY

Q1
Rank12/167
IndexSCIE

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF7
Articles / Year179
Total Citations103
2025
IF7.5
Articles / Year249
Total Citations1,196
2024
IF8.4
Articles / Year293
Total Citations3,821
2023
IF13.2
Articles / Year235
Total Citations4,871
2022
IF19.568
Articles / Year294
Total Citations9,780

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #1,134Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2012-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicinePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
2.269

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
6.71

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,970 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations5,583
3-Year Documents819
Citable Documents717

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)7

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate44.1%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Drug DiscoveryQ1
EpidemiologyQ1
ImmunologyQ1
Infectious DiseasesQ1
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1
MicrobiologyQ1
ParasitologyQ1
VirologyQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 2.4%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区IMMUNOLOGY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Emerging Microbes & Infections (acronym: emi, abbr: EMERGING MICROBES INFECT, ISSN: 2222-1751) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of IMMUNOLOGY, published by Springer Nature in England since 2012. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 7.00, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 2.269 (Q1), an H-index of 115.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 206 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Gold OA model with an estimated APC of $3,970 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Gold OA
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Founding Year
2012
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusDOAJPubMed
Editorial Address
2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON, England, OXON, OX14 4RN

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