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Phytopathology Research

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2019

ISSN2096-5362eISSN2524-4167

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.075

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.992

Total Worksi

405

Total Citationsi

5,073

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Plant Science; Genetics; Physiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 77 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications405

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2096-5362 / 2524-4167

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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, 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

1.4k

2019

2020

629

2021

989

2022

852

2023

619

2024

314

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Plant ScienceQ1

GeneticsQ2

PhysiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)PhysiologyPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsFungal and yeast genetics researchPlant and Fungal Interactions ResearchLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisFungal Plant Pathogen ControlPlant Pathogens and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about Phytopathology Research

Is Phytopathology Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Phytopathology Research: 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 Phytopathology Research?

Phytopathology Research 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 3.28.

Is Phytopathology Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Phytopathology Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Phytopathology Research?