Extremophiles

Aims & Scope

Extremophiles features original research articles, reviews, and method papers on the biology, molecular biology, structure, function, and applications of microbial life at high or low temperature, pressure, acidity, alkalinity, salinity, or desiccation; or in the presence of organic solvents, heavy metals, normally toxic substances, or radiation.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8766

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	299

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.655

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	101

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 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.

• Potential of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms for biotechnology

  Citation: 532

  Authors: Rosa, Franz

• Halophilic adaptation of enzymes

  Citation: 465

  Authors: D., C., G.

• Pyrolobus fumarii , gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113�C

  Citation: 424

  Authors: Doris, Holger W., Karl O., Elisabeth, Reinhard, Siegfried

• Adaptations of archaeal and bacterial membranes to variations in temperature, pH and pressure

  Citation: 370

  Authors: Melvin F., John, Servé W. M.

• Microbial diversity of soda lakes

  Citation: 352

  Authors: B. E., William D., A. W., G. G.

• Bacteria tolerant to organic solvents

  Citation: 295

  Authors: S., Jan A. M.

• Bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated polar soils

  Citation: 288

  Authors: Jackie, David J., Julia M.

• Microbial diversity and biogeochemical cycling in soda lakes

  Citation: 280

  Authors: Dimitry Y., Tom, Emily Denise, Lex, Charlotte D., Gerard

• Geochemical and microbiological evidence for a hydrogen-based, hyperthermophilic subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem (HyperSLiME) beneath an active deep-sea hydrothermal field

  Citation: 267

  Authors: Ken, Toshitaka, Urumu, Noriko, Hisako, Kenneth H., Koki

• Toward a molecular understanding of cold activity of enzymes from psychrophiles

  Citation: 235

  Authors: N. J.

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