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Karstenia

Finnish Mycological Society · Finland

ISSN0453-3402

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Norwegian Register Level 152

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total58

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.108

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

531

Total Citationsi

4,819

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Karstenia is an international research journal with an emphasis to boreal and arctic-alpine mycology. It publishes papers reporting original research on all aspects of the fungi (including lichens), especially on systematics and ecology. Papers also appropriate for the journal are review articles, book reviews and invited papers.

General Information

Country / RegionFinland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive

Total Publications531

Publisher OrgFinnish Mycological Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed by specialists

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Finnish Mycological Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0453-3402

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed by specialists

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

Yes

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2016

2017

120

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Infectious DiseasesQ4

MicrobiologyQ4

Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsLichen and fungal ecologyPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesFungal Biology and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Karstenia

Is Karstenia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Karstenia: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 58/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Karstenia?

Karstenia is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.108.

Is Karstenia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Karstenia is indexed in Scopus.