Rank      Abbreviated journal title       Impact factor      Articles   

1 MICROBIOL MOL BIOL R 15.864 36        21 J CLIN MICROBIOL 3.445 824
2 NAT REV MICROBIOL 15.845 89              22 TUBERCULOSIS 3.425 51
3 ANNU REV MICROBIOL 14.553 24          23 PROTIST 3.262 30
4 CLIN MICROBIOL REV 12.643 35            24 CLIN MICROBIOL INFEC 3.254 250
5 FEMS MICROBIOL REV 8.691 41             25 FEMS MICROBIOL ECOL 3.157 186465
6 TRENDS MICROBIOL 8.335 97                26 MICROBIOL-SGM 3.139 348
7 ADV MICROB PHYSIOL 7.818 4                27 MICROBES INFECT 3.127 332
8 CURR OPIN MICROBIOL 7.445 87          28 J ENDOTOXIN RES 2.933 37
9 CLIN INFECT DIS 6.186 490                     29 BMC MICROBIOL 2.896 104
10 PLOS PATHOG 6.056 101                       30 INT J MED MICROBIOL 2.760 126
11 MOL MICROBIOL 5.634 522                    31 INT J SYST EVOL MICR 2.662 465
12 CELL MICROBIOL 5.070 166                  32 INT J FOOD MICROBIOL 2.608 308
13 ENVIRON MICROBIOL 4.630 206           33 COGNITIVE BRAIN RES 2.568 0
14 CURR TOP MICROBIOL 4.606 136        34 DIAGN MICR INFEC DIS 2.553 183
15 ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH 4.153 677    35 RES MICROBIOL 2.504 122
16 J BACTERIOL 3.993 961                           36 HELICOBACTER 2.477 68
17 J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH 3.891 400    37 INT MICROBIOL 2.455 27
18 CRIT REV MICROBIOL 3.829 19             38 J MICROBIOL METH 2.442 248
19 EUKARYOT CELL 3.707 212                    39 MICROB ECOL 2.332 127
20 APPL ENVIRON MICROB 3.532 1065     40 EUR J CLIN MICROBIOL 2.330 115

41 J EUKARYOT MICROBIOL 2.288 138         65 EUR J PROTISTOL 1.729 29
42 FEMS IMMUNOL MED MIC 2.281 156         66 J MICROBIOL 1.644 97
43 FEMS YEAST RES 2.274 121                        67 LETT APPL MICROBIOL 1.593 215
44 MICROB PATHOGENESIS 2.258 59            68 MICROBIOL IMMUNOL 1.502 115
45 INT J ANTIMICROB AG 2.221 214                 69 ENFERM INFEC MICR CL 1.277 87
46 J APPL MICROBIOL 2.206 294                      70 CAN J MICROBIOL 1.275 135
47 J MED MICROBIOL 2.180 241                       71 J ANTIBIOT 1.262 103
48 FOOD MICROBIOL 2.137 105                        72 ACTA PROTOZOOL 1.162 43
49 ORAL MICROBIOL IMMUN 2.089 66              73 CURR MICROBIOL 1.007 187
50 VET MICROBIOL 2.073 273                             74 METHOD MICROBIOL 1.000
51 FEMS MICROBIOL LETT 2.068 485               75 FOLIA MICROBIOL 0.963 81
52 J MOL MICROB BIOTECH 2.058 28                76 YEAST 0.926 27
53 J MICROBIOL BIOTECHN 2.037 299              77 ANAEROBE 0.814 46
53 SYST APPL MICROBIOL 2.037 72                   78 NEW MICROBIOL 0.806 42
55 COMP IMMUNOL MICROB 2.000 28                79 REV MED MICROBIOL 0.800 6
56 CLIN DIAGN LAB IMMUN 1.988 0                     80 MICROBIOL RES 0.798 48
57 ANTON LEEUW INT J G 1.964 82                     81 J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 0.766 30
58 ADV APPL MICROBIOL 1.960 20                       82 J BASIC MICROB 0.722 54
59 YEAST 1.955 92                                                    83 MICROBIOLOGY+ 0.543 115
60 MICROB DRUG RESIST 1.936 47                     84 ASM NEWS 0.476 0
61 EXTREMOPHILES 1.921 67                               85 APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 0.444 105
62 APMIS 1.875 125                                                   86 ANN MICROBIOL 0.427 69
63 ARCH MICROBIOL 1.820 122                             87 BRAZ J MICROBIOL 0.213 72
64 MED MICROBIOL IMMUN 1.793 25                    88 CLIN VACCINE IMMUNOL 209

reference: LI Hong. Microbiology Science Central Journals Covered by the Science Citation Index. Microbiology JUN 20, 2008, 35(6): 967~976