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Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology

Pakistan Phytopathological Society · Pakistan · Est. 1990

ISSN2305-0284

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.169

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.348

Total Worksi

631

Total Citationsi

2,196

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

PJP is an Open Access Peer Reviewed Journal aimed at publishing original research and extended version of published research in all areas of plant disease management. Quality research and review articles covering diseases of temperate and tropical plants caused biotic and abiotic factors; physiological, biochemical, molecular, ecological, genetic and economic aspects of plant pathology; disease epidemiology and modeling; and plant disease control and disease-related crop management are accepted for publication.

General Information

Country / RegionPakistan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications631

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pakistan Phytopathological Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2305-0284

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

Yes

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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

2019

166

2020

127

2021

101

2022

2023

2024

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ4

Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant Pathogens and ResistanceAgriculture, Plant Science, Crop ManagementPlant Disease Management TechniquesWheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesBanana Cultivation and ResearchPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Frequently asked questions about Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology

Is Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology: it is indexed in 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 Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology?

Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.169.

Is Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology is indexed in Scopus.