Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
ISSN 2054-3085 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology: fully open access; APC about USD 2,590; median 89 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fungal and yeast genetics research, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, together about 48.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original scientific research and reviews covering all areas of fundamental and applied research which involve unicellular and multicellular fungi. These areas include but are not limited to: evolution, phylogeny and taxonomy ecology and metagenomics cellular and molecular biology biochemistry and physiology systems biology and methods for data integration synthetic biology and tool development genetic and metabolic engineering industrial and medical biotechnology food technology and food safety human pathology, disease diagnostics and control plant pathology and agricultural diseases
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Editor-in-chief Vera MeyerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 18, India 18, Brazil 8, United Kingdom 7, Mainland China 6 (129 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fungal and yeast genetics researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.9%
- Microbial Natural Products and BiosynthesisMedicine14.1%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.6%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Biofuel production and bioconversionEngineering4.5%
- CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Fungal Biology and ApplicationsMedicine4.3%
- Microbial Metabolism and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q1 | 63/736 | 91st |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | Q2 | 42/134 | 69th |
| Biotechnology | Q2 | 102/325 | 68th |
| Molecular Biology | Q2 | 140/414 | 66th |
| Cell Biology | Q2 | 107/289 | 63rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 145OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 289,800Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 228 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 1,007 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 1,181 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 1,225 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 993 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 931 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 941 |
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 Crossref · to
89 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 120 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (37 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 118 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (39 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 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | EUR 2,190 / USD 2,590 / GBP 1,890 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,590 / EUR 2,190 / GBP 1,890 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,790 / USD 2,490 / EUR 2,090 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,890 / USD 2,590 / EUR 2,190 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted6
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscript must be submitted by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data availability strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons At…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2054-3085
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
How long does peer review take at Fungal Biology and Biotechnology?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 89 days (interquartile range 69–120 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 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 Fungal Biology and Biotechnology based?
Of the 129 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), India (18) and Brazil (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Fungal Biology and Biotechnology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fungal Biology and Biotechnology is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Fungal Biology and Biotechnology open access, and what is the APC?
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,590.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .