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Karstenia

Finnish Mycological Society · Finland

ISSN0453-3402

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total12

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.3

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Works

531

Total Citations

4,819

2yr Mean Citedness

0.50

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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

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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

Times cited

2016

2017

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

MicrobiologyQ4

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