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Phytobiomes Journal

American Phytopathological Society · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2471-2906eISSN2471-2906

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.822

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.775

Total Worksi

400

Total Citationsi

6,642

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology; Plant Sciences; Agronomy and Crop Science; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 53 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications400

Publisher OrgAmerican Phytopathological Society

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC0, Publisher's own license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Phytopathological Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2471-2906 / 2471-2906

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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

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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

1.6k

2019

1.2k

2020

854

2021

475

2022

496

2023

210

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 ScienceQ1

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Molecular BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MicrobiologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Molecular BiologyAgronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisNematode management and characterization studiesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesPlant Pathogens and ResistancePlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsPlant Gene Expression Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Phytobiomes Journal

Is Phytobiomes Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Phytobiomes Journal: 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 Phytobiomes Journal?

Phytobiomes Journal 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 1.76.

Is Phytobiomes Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Phytobiomes Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Phytobiomes Journal?