Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Frontiers in Fungal Biology
ISSN 2673-6128 · Frontiers Media S.A. · Switzerland
Frontiers in Fungal Biology: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 61 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers in Fungal Biology is published by Frontiers Media S.A. and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, together about 32.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Frontiers in Fungal Biology is a multidisciplinary journal indexed in the DOAJ, PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, and Web of Science (ESCI) that investigates all aspects of fungal biology to better understand fungi's complex interactions. With an international editorial board, led by Field Chief Editor Gustavo Henrique Goldman (University of São Paulo, Brazil), this journalcombines agricultural, medical, and industrial mycology to study fungal interactions and improve human, animal, and plant lives. The journal covers the following subject areas: fungal biotechnology fungal genomics and evolution fungal physiology and metabolism fungal secondary metabolites and mycotoxins fungi-animal interactions fungi-environment interactions (fungi-soil, fungi-microbe...) fungi-plant interactions marine and freshwater fungi. Frontiers in Fungal Biology welcomes submissions that advance findings on all aspects of fungal biology, including fungal secondary metabolites and mycotoxins, host-fungal interactions in humans, animals and plants, fungi in agriculture, fungal biodiversity and taxonomic and phylogenetic studies, fungal genomics, and fungal biotechnology. This journal also encourages submissions that support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 3: good health and well-being, SDG 14: life below water, and SDG 15: life on land. Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered. Frontiers in Fungal Biology is committed to advancing developments in fungal biology research by allowing unrestricted access to articles and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public, enabling future scientific breakthroughs. Frontiers in Fungal Biology is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 11%); most named Egypt 4, Mainland China 2, Italy 2, Macau, China 1, Japan 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.1%
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityMedicine8.7%
- Fungal Biology and ApplicationsMedicine7.6%
- Fungal and yeast genetics researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.1%
- Fungal Infections and StudiesMedicine6.4%
- Microbial Natural Products and BiosynthesisMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, CLOCKSS, Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 366 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78 | 78 | 47 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 166 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | 361 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 449 |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | 1,736 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 1,116 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
61 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 41 days – 93 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 84 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (136 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 1,950 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,950 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,125 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Use of AI to create written or visual content
Authors should not list a generative AI technology as a co-author or author of any submitted manuscript. Generative AI technologies cannot be held accountable for all aspects of a manuscript and consequently do not meet the criteria required for authorship. If the author of a submitted manuscript has used written or visual content produced by or edited using a generative AI technology, this use mu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Safeguards against financial conflicts of interest
Only leading researchers acting as Associate Editors, who are not part of Frontiers' staff, can make acceptance decisions based on reviews performed by external experts acting as Community Reviewers or Reviewers. None have a financial incentive to accept articles, i.e. they are not paid for their role as Associate Editor or community Reviewer, and any award scheme is not linked to acceptances of m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open access and copyright
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access and copyright
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Our rigorous, transparent peer review process combines expert review and constructive dialogue to strengthen your manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2673-6128
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Fungal Biology
What CAS zone is Frontiers in Fungal Biology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Frontiers in Fungal Biology is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mycology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Fungal Biology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.3, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Frontiers in Fungal Biology?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 61 days (interquartile range 41–93 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Frontiers in Fungal Biology based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Egypt (4), Mainland China (2) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontiers in Fungal Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers in Fungal Biology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Frontiers in Fungal Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers in Fungal Biology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .