Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Annual Review of Phytopathology
ISSN 0066-4286 · eISSN 1545-2107 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1963
Annual Review of Phytopathology: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 13.11; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Phytopathology is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Plant Virus Research Studies, together about 43.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Phytopathology covers the significant developments in the field of plant pathology, including plant disease diagnosis, pathogens, host-pathogen Interactions, epidemiology and ecology, breeding for resistance and plant disease management, and includes a special section on the development of concepts.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.8%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology16.8%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Plant Pathogens and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Nematode management and characterization studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 13.11LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 18.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 143LetPub ·
- h-index
- 277OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,362OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 11.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,818 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 20 | 8 |
| 2025 | 28 | 26 | 289 |
| 2024 | 19 | 18 | 503 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 926 |
| 2022 | 19 | 2 | 1,129 |
| 2021 | 19 | 9 | 1,428 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1963
- ISSN
- 0066-4286
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-2107
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Phytopathology
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Phytopathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Phytopathology is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Plant Sciences; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Phytopathology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 13.11; CiteScore 18.3, h-index 277.
Which databases index Annual Review of Phytopathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Phytopathology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Phytopathology open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Phytopathology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .