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Australasian Plant Pathology

Springer Nature · Netherlands

ISSN0815-3191eISSN1448-6032

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.28

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.558

Total Worksi

3,413

Total Citationsi

47,678

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Australasian Plant Pathology is dedicated to publishing new and significant research in the field of plant pathology. Offers extensive coverage of progress in plant protection. Targets scientists and research in the Australasian region, including Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, as well as the Indian, and Pacific regions.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,413

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer ReviewPeer review is conducted using Editorial Manager®

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0815-3191 / 1448-6032

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review is conducted using Editorial Manager®

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

685

2019

808

2020

558

2021

365

2022

231

2023

119

2024

2025

109

2026

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.

Plant ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Pathogens and ResistancePlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsYeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesPlant Virus Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Australasian Plant Pathology

Is Australasian Plant Pathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Australasian Plant Pathology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Australasian Plant Pathology?

Australasian Plant Pathology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.71.

Is Australasian Plant Pathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Australasian Plant Pathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.