Plant and Fungal Systematics

Plant and Fungal Systematics is published by W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Lichen and fungal ecology, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, together about 49.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Scope and Aims Plant and Fungal Systematics is an international, completely free, peer-reviewed, open-access, fast-track, full-color journal, published by W. Szafer Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow (Poland). Articles are published online with full pagination immediately upon acceptance, and hardcopies are published twice a year (July, December). The original (reference) version of Plant and Fungal Systematics is the electronic edition. Journal was founded in 1953 as Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica and continued as Polish Botanical Journal after 2001. Since 2018, the journal has continued publication under the current title: Plant and Fungal Systematics. The main goal of Plant and Fungal Systematics is to promote integrated systematic biology (fusing traditional approaches, modern molecular techniques and bioinformatics tools) in order to more effectively describe plant and fungal biodiversity within a phylogenetic framework. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of morphological characters for newly introduced species, and deposition of voucher specimens, cultures, DNA sequences, alignments and phylogenies in public repositories are central to this endeavor. Plant and Fungal Systematics publishes original research papers of the highest quality, larger monographs, review articles on timely subjects, short communications, and book reviews. The journal articles address the biodiversity, taxonomy, molecular systematics and evolution of algae (broadly defined), cyanobacteria, bryophytes, vascular plants, fungi, oomycetes and myxomycetes. Similarity Check Plagiarism Screening System The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process. Detailed description of the Similarity Check System can be found at: https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/ Scope and Aims Publication Ethics Copyright Notice & Open Access Policy Archiving & Indexing Sponsorship Privacy Statement Accessibility statement Contact

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science

Editor-in-chief Adam FlakusPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Sweden 1, Brazil 1, Poland 1, Ukraine 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

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Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

1.6LetPub · 2026-11-01

SJR 2026-06

0.38LetPub · 2026-11-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.66LetPub · 2026-11-01

h-index

14OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

26OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.7OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Self-citation rate

9.1%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Volume

Articles per year

9LetPub · 2026-11-01

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Average review time (community reports)

about 10 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 10 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences

Country or region

Poland

Language

English

ISSN

2544-7459

Electronic ISSN

2657-5000

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ
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