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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Royal Society Publishing · United Kingdom

ISSN0962-8436eISSN1471-2970

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.732

H-Index

418

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.64

Total Works

10,629

Total Citations

1,078,822

2yr Mean Citedness

8.95

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal issue explores the ecology and evolution of wild plant pathogens, focusing on their interactions with host plants and the environment. It examines how factors like environmental change, host-pathogen evolutionary dynamics, and disease interactions between wild and cultivated plants influence disease patterns. The research spans multiple scales, from within-host to ecosystem levels, and considers implications for agriculture and broader disease ecology.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwenty Four No. A Year, 2008-

StatusActive

Total Publications10,629

Publisher OrgRoyal Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0962-8436 / 1471-2970

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationNeural dynamics and brain functionEvolution and Genetic Dynamics