Journal profile · MYCOLOGY
MycoKeys
ISSN 1314-4057 · eISSN 1314-4049 · Pensoft Publishers · BULGARIA
MycoKeys: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.07; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 66 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); 217 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MycoKeys is published by Pensoft Publishers and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Lichen and fungal ecology, together about 67.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MycoKeys is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online and printed, rapidly published and disseminated journal launched to accelerate research and free information exchange in taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, evolution and ecology of the monophyletic kingdom Fungi (including lichens). The journal will consider for publication manuscripts on any taxon of any geological age from any part of the world with no limit to manuscript size.MycoKeys applies the latest trends and methodologies in scholarly publishing and preservation of digital materials to meet the highest possible standards of the cybertaxonomy era.MycoKeys will consider for publication manuscripts on the following topics:descriptions of new taxa (manuscripts containing only SINGLE species descriptions will NOT be considered for publication unless they represent exceptional cases of a high scientific value or are part of a re-visionary work of a higher taxon), if they are accompanied with proper diagnoses and/or keys to distinguish them from close relatives or similar taxa, and if DNA sequence data are deposited in Genbank prior to publication (few possible exceptions from this rule are listed in the section Taxonomic Treatments). All new taxa need to be registered at Mycobank or Index Fungorum and the registration numbers indicated in the manuscript. New taxa should ideally be described in connection with a phylogenetic analysis or evidence that the barcode gene (ITS) is unique for the new taxon. More details are given in the section Taxonomic Treatments. taxonomic revisions of extant (or ''recent'') and fossil fungal groupschecklists and cataloguesphylogenetic and evolutionary analyses, if alignments are deposited in TreeBase (with accession number listed in the text).papers in descriptive and/or historical biogeographymethodology papers, including description of new software, if released an open source license and released as supplementary material to the article.data mining and literature surveysmonographs, conspecti, atlasesprimer notes"Points of View" commentariescollections of papers, Festschrift volumes, conference proceedingsdata papers (datasets published as supplementary files and through the GBIF or Barcode of Life infrastructuresExtensive overviews on a taxon in a country or larger region are welcome. Short mycological contributions may be considered if they are based on significant or unexpected discoveries. Regular contributions may eventually be published in special issues devoted to a
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MYCOLOGY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Germany 1, Italy 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsAgricultural and Biological Sciences29.9%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27%
- Lichen and fungal ecologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
- Fungal Biology and ApplicationsMedicine6.8%
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.4%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.3%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences1.9%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences1.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mycology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 4.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 1.27Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 395OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 216LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,020Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,146 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 205 | 205 | 85 |
| 2025 | 217 | 217 | 568 |
| 2024 | 145 | 145 | 942 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | 596 |
| 2022 | 75 | 75 | 864 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 1,049 |
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
66 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 45 days – 90 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 82 days
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (455 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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 950 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 900 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 950 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,400 / EUR 100 / EUR 1,000 / EUR 3,000 / EUR 5,000 | — | — |
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, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Use of AI
Authors must be transparent about the use of Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and other large language models in the manuscript preparation, and disclose details of how the AI tool was used within the "Materials and Methods" section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship/Contributorship
Some journals are integrated with Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), in order to recognise individual author input within a publication, thereby ensuring professional and ethical conduct, while avoiding authorship disputes, gift / ghost authorship and similar pressing issues in academic publishing. During manuscript submission, the submitting author is strongly recommended to specify a contributo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
During the editorial process, the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts of interest: Colleagues currently working in the same research group or department, recent co-authors, and doctoral students for which the editor served as committee chair. During the submission process, the authors are kindly advised to identify possible conflicts of interest with the jo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
GeneralThe publishing ethics and malpractice policies follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, WAME, and OASPA), the NISO Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals (PIE-J), and, where relevant, the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License and Copyright Agreement
In submitting the manuscript to any of Pensoft’s journals, authors certify that: They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements. The work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review or thesis); it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; its publication has been approved by all author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
This journal uses a single-blind peer review process. This means that the names of reviewers are hidden from the authors (the author does not know the identity of the reviewer, but the reviewer knows the identity of the author). Notwithstanding that, the reviewers are encouraged to disclose their identities, if they wish to do so. Each article is reviewed by at least two independent experts, with …
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
- Pensoft Publishers
- Country or region
- BULGARIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1314-4057
- Electronic ISSN
- 1314-4049
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MycoKeys
What CAS zone is MycoKeys in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, MycoKeys is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Mycology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of MycoKeys?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.07; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at MycoKeys?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 66 days (interquartile range 45–90 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 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 MycoKeys based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), Germany (1) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index MycoKeys?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MycoKeys is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is MycoKeys open access, and what is the APC?
MycoKeys 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .