Nature Reviews Microbiology Impact Factor

Nature Reviews Microbiology is a Nature Reviews portfolio journal. It publishes

reviews, perspectives, and comments across microbiology; it is not Nature

Microbiology, Nature Reviews Cancer, Nature Communications, or a generic

Nature title. Nature Portfolio describes its editorial decisions as being made

by full-time professional editors.

The standard abbreviation is Nat. Rev. Microbiol. The print ISSN is

1740-1526 and online ISSN is 1740-1534. These details matter because

the title collision changes both the content model and the citation record.

The current primary record establishes the 2025 JIF of 104.6 and **2025

five-year JIF of 113.3**, but it does not present a complete annual JIF series.

We do not claim that the JIF is up from, down from, or predictive of an earlier

year.

The two-year and five-year values are separate citation windows in the same

reporting period. They do not form a year-over-year comparison. A historic

chart requires a source that identifies each annual record and its provenance.

The JIF answers a journal-level citation question. The five-year JIF gives a

longer-window view, while Eigenfactor and article influence weight citation

networks differently. SNIP and SJR normalize for source context. For this

review journal, those values describe the journal record, not the quality or

timeliness of one proposed topic.

Review-title collision is the specific named failure pattern here. A reader

can confuse Nature Reviews Microbiology with Nature Microbiology or another

Nature title, then carry the wrong metric across. In practice, check the full

title, the word Reviews, abbreviation, ISSN, year, and publisher source.

Metric relabeling occurs when five-year JIF, SJR, or article influence is

called an impact factor. The publisher presents multiple metrics because they

measure different things. Cite the requested metric by name and retain 2025.

Metric-to-proposal inference occurs when a JIF is used to decide that a

review idea will be commissioned. Nature Reviews Microbiology's scope and

review-led content model make topic timeliness, synthesis value, author

authority, and editor interest more relevant than a journal average.

Nature Portfolio reports a median of three days from submission to first

editorial decision and 155 days from submission to acceptance. It also reports

4,300,617 downloads and 10,706 Altmetric mentions in 2025. These are aggregate

journal outcomes, not a promise that a proposal will be invited, peer reviewed,

accepted, published on a particular date, read, or cited in the same way.

A quick initial decision can reflect an editorial screen. The acceptance median

includes review and revisions. Authors planning a review should use current

author guidance and direct editorial communication, not extrapolate a personal

schedule from aggregate metrics.

We checked the official Nature Portfolio metrics and journal-information pages

for the exact title, review content model, abbreviation, ISSNs, metric year,

and source. This page helps with a traceable metric lookup before a citation,

report, or comparison. Nature Portfolio is the authority for the data;

Manusights supplies the record-matching boundary.

The page owns only nature reviews microbiology impact factor. It does not

answer a primary-research submission question. For a manuscript-level review,

use a molecular-biology readiness check.

• Match Nature Reviews Microbiology, Nat. Rev. Microbiol., and the ISSNs.
• Describe 104.6 as a 2025 JIF, not a 2026 citation-year value.
• Keep five-year JIF, immediacy, Eigenfactor, article influence, SNIP, and SJR distinct.
• Do not use journal timing as a personal review or publication promise.
• Confirm the review, perspective, or comment content model before proposing an article.