Anaerobe

Aims & Scope

Anaerobe is essential reading for those who wish to remain at the forefront of discoveries relating to life processes of strictly anaerobes.

The journal is multi-disciplinary, and provides a unique forum for those investigating anaerobic organisms that cause infections in humans and animals, as well as anaerobes that play roles in microbiomes or environmental processes.

Anaerobe publishes reviews, mini reviews, original research articles, notes and case reports.

Relevant topics fall into the broad categories of anaerobes in human and animal diseases, anaerobes in the microbiome, anaerobes in the environment, diagnosis of anaerobes in clinical microbiology laboratories, molecular biology, genetics, pathogenesis, toxins and antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6924

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	907

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.788

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Immunology and Microbiology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Pyrosequencing study of fecal microflora of autistic and control children

  Citation: 819

  Authors: Sydney M., Scot E., Viktoria, Chengxu, Kathleen E., Randall D., Eunseog, Paula H., Doreen, Dennis, Minghsun, Denise R., John A.

• Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Diversity of Methanogenic Archaea

  Citation: 680

  Authors: Jean-Louis, Bharat K.C, Bernard

• Reclassification of Clostridium difficile as Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O’Toole 1935) Prévot 1938

  Citation: 512

  Authors: Paul A., Diane M., Kerin L., Sydney M.

• Expansion of the Clostridium perfringens toxin-based typing scheme

  Citation: 475

  Authors: Julian I., Vicki, Jake, Dena, Bruce A., Stephen B., Robert J., Michel R., Mahfuzur R., J. Glenn, Francisco A., Filip

• A Novel Electrochemically Active and Fe(III)-reducing Bacterium Phylogenetically Related to Clostridium butyricum Isolated from a Microbial Fuel Cell

  Citation: 447

  Authors: Hyung Soo, Byung Hong, Hyo Suk, Hyung Joo, Gwang Tae, Mia, In Seop, Yong Keun, Hyo Ihl

• Microbiota profile in feces of breast- and formula-fed newborns by using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

  Citation: 357

  Authors: Eugenia, Arsenis, Gjalt W.

• Differences in fecal microbial metabolites and microbiota of children with autism spectrum disorders

  Citation: 312

  Authors: Dae-Wook, Zehra Esra, Nancy G., David W., Daniel P., Michael, Catherine A., Juergen, James B., Rosa

• Dissimilatory Amino Acid Metabolism in Human Colonic Bacteria

  Citation: 310

  Authors: E.A, G.T

• GABA production and structure of gadB / gadC genes in Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains from human microbiota

  Citation: 295

  Authors: R.A., E.U., M.S., K.M., A.S., O.V., V.S., V.N.

• A dynamic partnership: Celebrating our gut flora

  Citation: 292

  Authors: Cynthia L.

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