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TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY

SPRINGER · US · Est. 2008

ISSN1983-2052eISSN1983-2052

✓ WOS SCIE

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total63

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Removed from DOAJ (2016-02-26). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

240

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 182d

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.945

Total Worksi

1,182

Total Citationsi

15,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 78 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,182

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SPRINGER

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1983-2052 / 1983-2052

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

564

2019

1.9k

2020

934

2021

429

2022

512

2023

212

2024

104

2025

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsNematode management and characterization studiesPlant Pathogens and ResistanceBanana Cultivation and ResearchPhytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogensYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

Frequently asked questions about TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY

Is TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY a predatory journal?

TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2016-02-26). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY?

TROPICAL 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 1.50.

Is TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY?