Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Journal of Phytopathology
ISSN 0931-1785 · eISSN 1439-0434 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 1929
Journal of Phytopathology: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.16; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,890; median 101 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 222 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Phytopathology is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Virus Research Studies and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, together about 35.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Phytopathology publishes original and review articles on all scientific aspects of phytopathology in agricultural and horticultural crops. Preference is given to contributions improving our understanding of the biotic and abiotic determinants of plant diseases, including epidemics and damage potential, as a basis for innovative disease management, modelling and forecasting. This includes practical aspects and the development of methods for disease diagnosis as well as infection bioassays.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Editor-in-chief Mark VarrelmannPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Mainland China 4, United States 4, Germany 4, Brazil 4, South Korea 2 (29 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 Biology16%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Plant Pathogens and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Plant and Fungal Interactions ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 1.16LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,600OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 201LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 202Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 183,955Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,999 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 180 | 56 | 40 |
| 2025 | 222 | 96 | 372 |
| 2024 | 208 | 88 | 551 |
| 2023 | 101 | 47 | 309 |
| 2022 | 99 | 13 | 525 |
| 2021 | 97 | 9 | 721 |
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
101 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 156 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (423 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 101 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,890 / EUR 3,220 / GBP 2,610 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 4
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Results from unrepeated experimental conditions; data with no or inappropriate statistical processing
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- classical mini-review-Classical Mini-Review A short but meaningful condensation of a topic or a specific research question, e.g. with cartoons, images that allows the reader to get …Length not stated
- original articleluding tables and captions of figures): Original Article - 8,000 words, Review Article - on personal arrangement with the editor,main text ≤ 8,000 words
- original research paperand figure captions) No. of references Original Research paper 250 8,000 words (ca. 25 manuscript pages) up to 40 Short communication 200main text ≤ 8,000 words
- reviewnuscript pages) no limit Classical Mini-Review Up to 5000 words up to 75 New disease reports 200 1 page (ca. 400 words) incmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlesReview Articles comprise an abstract followed by Introduction and a running text structured in a suitable way according to the subject treated.Length not stated
- short communicationords (ca. 25 manuscript pages) up to 40 Short communication 200 up to 3,000 words (ca. 10 manuscript pages), not more than 4 figures and/or tmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- short communicationsShort communications are welcome.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship Qualification for authorship
Author Material Archive Policy Model summary
A brief list of the respective authorship qualifications should be included in the cover letter. To qualify for authorship, individuals must have contributed to any and all of the following: project conceptualization, experimentation, data analysis, preparation of the draft manuscript, its review and editing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Publication ethics guidelines from Committee on Publication Ethics Model summary
Kindly read the publication ethics guidelines from Committee on Publication Ethics before submitting your manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement
If the Open Access option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associated with the Copyright FAQs below:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access
If the Open Access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1929
- ISSN
- 0931-1785
- Electronic ISSN
- 1439-0434
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 174, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Phytopathology
What CAS zone is Journal of Phytopathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Phytopathology is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Phytopathology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.16; CiteScore 2, h-index 97.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Phytopathology?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 101 days (interquartile range 69–156 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Phytopathology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 4; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Phytopathology based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (4), United States (4) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Phytopathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Phytopathology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Phytopathology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Phytopathology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,890.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .