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Molecular Plant Pathology

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1826

ISSN1364-3703

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.453

H-Indexi

163

SNIPi

1.481

Total Worksi

2,904

Total Citationsi

153,125

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Agronomy and Crop Science; Plant Science; Soil Science; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1826

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,904

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1364-3703

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

130

5.8k

2019

151

2020

165

4.5k

2021

131

2.9k

2022

135

2023

142

1.2k

2024

171

511

2025

142

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Molecular BiologyAgronomy and Crop ScienceSoil SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisPlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsPlant Pathogens and ResistanceFungal and yeast genetics researchPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant and Fungal Interactions Research

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Plant Pathology

Is Molecular Plant Pathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Plant Pathology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Molecular Plant Pathology?

Molecular 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 3.37.

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

Molecular Plant Pathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Plant Pathology?