Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Medical Mycology
ISSN 1369-3786 · eISSN 1460-2709 · Oxford University Press · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1998
Medical Mycology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.36; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,889; median 86 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 127 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Mycology is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Fungal Infections and Studies and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, together about 59% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medical Mycology is a peer-reviewed international journal that focuses on original and innovative basic and applied studies, as well as learned reviews on all aspects of medical, veterinary and environmental mycology as related to disease. The objective is to present the highest quality scientific reports from throughout the world on divergent topics. These topics include the phylogeny of fungal pathogens, epidemiology and public health mycology themes, new approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of mycoses including clinical trials and guidelines, pharmacology and antifungal susceptibilities, changes in taxonomy, description of new or unusual fungi associated with human or animal disease, immunology of fungal infections, vaccinology for prevention of fungal infections, pathogenesis and virulence, and the molecular biology of pathogenic fungi in vitro and in vivo, including genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics. Case reports are no longer accepted. In addition, studies of natural products showing inhibitory activity against pathogenic fungi are not accepted without chemical characterization and identification of the compounds responsible for the inhibitory activity.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityMedicine24.6%
- Fungal Infections and StudiesMedicine22.9%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
- Nail Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine11.3%
- Infectious Diseases and MycologyVeterinary5.5%
- Fungal Biology and ApplicationsMedicine2.2%
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.1%
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 3.36LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 137OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,944OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 116LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,000 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 105 | 33 | 19 |
| 2025 | 127 | 37 | 279 |
| 2024 | 132 | 53 | 1,099 |
| 2023 | 129 | 45 | 1,202 |
| 2022 | 647 | 585 | 1,213 |
| 2021 | 87 | 28 | 1,120 |
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
86 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 124 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (256 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 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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 4,889 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1369-3786
- Electronic ISSN
- 1460-2709
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Mycology
What CAS zone is Medical Mycology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Mycology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences / Infectious Diseases / Mycology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Medical Mycology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.36; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 137.
How long does peer review take at Medical Mycology?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 86 days (interquartile range 67–124 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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.
Which databases index Medical Mycology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Mycology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Medical Mycology open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Mycology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,889.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .