Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Aims & Scope

Systematic and Applied Microbiology deals with various aspects of microbial diversity and systematics of prokaryotes.

It focuses on Bacteria and Archaea; eukaryotic microorganisms will only be considered in rare cases.

The journal perceives a broad understanding of microbial diversity and encourages the submission of manuscripts from the following branches of microbiology:

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.2
2024	3.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.008

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	121

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4767

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	616

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• Web of Science
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Immunology and Microbiology, 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.

• The Domain-specific Probe EUB338 is Insufficient for the Detection of all Bacteria: Development and Evaluation of a more Comprehensive Probe Set

  Citation: 1885

  Authors: Holger, Andreas, Rudolf, Karl-Heinz, Michael

• Phylogenetic Oligodeoxynucleotide Probes for the Major Subclasses of Proteobacteria: Problems and Solutions

  Citation: 1551

  Authors: Werner, Rudolf, Wolfgang, Michael, Karl-Heinz

• Studies on the spectrophotometric determination of DNA hybridization from renaturation rates

  Citation: 1420

  Authors: Volker A.R., Herbert, Karl Heinz

• A Comparative Study of the Lipid Composition of Halobacterium saccharovorum from Various Sources

  Citation: 1079

  Authors: B.J.

• The All-Species Living Tree project: A 16S rRNA-based phylogenetic tree of all sequenced type strains

  Citation: 857

  Authors: Pablo, Michael, Jörg, Jean, Rudolf, Karl-Heinz, Wolfgang, Frank Oliver, Ramon

• Polyamine Pattern as a Chemotaxonomic Marker within the Proteobacteria

  Citation: 567

  Authors: J., G.

• Molecular Evidence for Genus Level Diversity of Bacteria Capable of Catalyzing Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation

  Citation: 557

  Authors: Markus, Ulf, Michael, Marc, Stefan, Mike, Jörg W., Karl-Heinz, Michael

• Candidatus “Anammoxoglobus propionicus” a new propionate oxidizing species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria

  Citation: 516

  Authors: Boran, Jayne, Laura A., Jack, Markus C., Richard I., Stefan, John A., Jaap Sinninghe, Mike S.M., Marc

• Candidatus “Scalindua brodae”, sp. nov., Candidatus “Scalindua wagneri”, sp. nov., Two New Species of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidizing Bacteria

  Citation: 503

  Authors: Markus, Kerry, Rick, W. Irene, Katinka, Mark Jan, Thomas, Bruce, John, Stefan, Jaap S., James, Phil, Mike, Marc

• Past and future species definitions for Bacteria and Archaea

  Citation: 447

  Authors: Ramon, Rudolf

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