South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology
A full, reproducible breakdown of this journal's ScPedia Score — reported across 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year windows, the same way Scopus publishes CiteScore Tracker alongside its fixed-year figure — and its h-index, including every citation source that contributed and the complete article ranking.
1.3
2-Year ScPedia Score
2024–2025
1.6
3-Year ScPedia Score
2023–2025
2.0
4-Year ScPedia Score
2022–2025
2.3
5-Year ScPedia Score
2021–2025
16
H-index
All-time
Methodology & Limitations
ScPedia Score of a Journal
Modelled on the methodology used for CiteScore (as available in Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteScore), the ScPedia Score is calculated by dividing the total citations credited to documents published during the N complete calendar years preceding the current year by the total number of documents published during the same period.
The current, still-in-progress calendar year is always excluded. For example, a 2025 score would use data from 2022–2025 and would exclude any data from 2026.
H-Index of a Journal
The H-index is the largest value h such that at least h articles published by the journal have each received at least h citations. It is calculated across the journal's entire publication history rather than being restricted to a specific citation window.
Known Approximation / Limitation
For the purpose of calculating the ScPedia Score, "Citations received" represents the all-time combined citation count for each document. This combines the platform's resolved citation index with citation counts reported by external sources.
This is used as an approximation because the available citation sources do not provide citation-event timestamps that identify the specific year in which each citation was received. Consequently, a citation associated with a document published within the calculation window may have been recorded before or after that publication window.
Therefore, the resulting figure should be interpreted as a real and reproducible citation ratio based on the platform's indexed data, rather than as an exact replication of any particular commercial citation metric.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 02:56. Figures are computed live from this platform's own citation records on every page load.
2-Year ScPedia Score
2024–2025This journal's calculation
179 citations ÷ 140 documents = 1.3
140 of this journal's 534 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 179 citations and 140 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 72 | 125 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 68 | 54 | 0.8 |
| Total | 140 | 179 | 1.3 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 179 citations behind this score were reported.
OpenAlex
OpenAlex's own aggregate cited-by count, built from its open scholarly citation graph.
44
Citation Articles
85
Citations
47.5%
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Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
44
Citation Articles
83
Citations
46.4%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
6
Citation Articles
6
Citations
3.4%
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This platform's own resolved index
Resolved directly from the reference list of another work already indexed on this platform — a verifiable, citation-level link, not a third-party aggregate.
3
Citation Articles
3
Citations
1.7%
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OpenCitations
OpenCitations' own citation index, substantially built from Crossref's open reference deposits.
1
Citation Articles
2
Citations
1.1%
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3-Year ScPedia Score
2023–2025This journal's calculation
325 citations ÷ 199 documents = 1.6
199 of this journal's 534 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 325 citations and 199 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 59 | 146 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 72 | 125 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 68 | 54 | 0.8 |
| Total | 199 | 325 | 1.6 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 325 citations behind this score were reported.
OpenAlex
OpenAlex's own aggregate cited-by count, built from its open scholarly citation graph.
78
Citation Articles
159
Citations
48.9%
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Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
69
Citation Articles
137
Citations
42.2%
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This platform's own resolved index
Resolved directly from the reference list of another work already indexed on this platform — a verifiable, citation-level link, not a third-party aggregate.
9
Citation Articles
15
Citations
4.6%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
9
Citation Articles
10
Citations
3.1%
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OpenCitations
OpenCitations' own citation index, substantially built from Crossref's open reference deposits.
2
Citation Articles
4
Citations
1.2%
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4-Year ScPedia Score
2022–2025This journal's calculation
516 citations ÷ 254 documents = 2.0
254 of this journal's 534 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 516 citations and 254 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55 | 191 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 59 | 146 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 72 | 125 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 68 | 54 | 0.8 |
| Total | 254 | 516 | 2.0 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 516 citations behind this score were reported.
OpenAlex
OpenAlex's own aggregate cited-by count, built from its open scholarly citation graph.
112
Citation Articles
272
Citations
52.7%
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Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
93
Citation Articles
196
Citations
38%
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This platform's own resolved index
Resolved directly from the reference list of another work already indexed on this platform — a verifiable, citation-level link, not a third-party aggregate.
19
Citation Articles
25
Citations
4.8%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
14
Citation Articles
17
Citations
3.3%
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OpenCitations
OpenCitations' own citation index, substantially built from Crossref's open reference deposits.
3
Citation Articles
6
Citations
1.2%
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5-Year ScPedia Score
2021–2025This journal's calculation
731 citations ÷ 319 documents = 2.3
319 of this journal's 534 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 731 citations and 319 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | 215 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 55 | 191 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 59 | 146 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 72 | 125 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 68 | 54 | 0.8 |
| Total | 319 | 731 | 2.3 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 731 citations behind this score were reported.
OpenAlex
OpenAlex's own aggregate cited-by count, built from its open scholarly citation graph.
148
Citation Articles
381
Citations
52.1%
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Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
119
Citation Articles
264
Citations
36.1%
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This platform's own resolved index
Resolved directly from the reference list of another work already indexed on this platform — a verifiable, citation-level link, not a third-party aggregate.
26
Citation Articles
43
Citations
5.9%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
25
Citation Articles
36
Citations
4.9%
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OpenCitations
OpenCitations' own citation index, substantially built from Crossref's open reference deposits.
4
Citation Articles
7
Citations
1%
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How the h-index is calculated
Every article is ranked by its combined citation count (this platform's own resolved index plus every external source's own reported count); h is the last rank where the citation count still meets or exceeds the rank itself.
This journal's result
h-index = 16 — 16 articles with at least 16 citations each.