Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Plant Disease
ISSN 0191-2917 · eISSN 1943-7692 · American Phytopathological Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1980
Plant Disease: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.72; subscription journal; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 56.25%; 954 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Disease is published by American Phytopathological Society and is in Zone 2 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 Disease Resistance and Genetics and Plant Pathogens and Resistance, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Plant Disease is the leading international journal for rapid reporting of research on new, emerging, and established plant diseases. The journal publishes papers that describe translational and applied research focusing on practical aspects of disease diagnosis, development, and management in agricultural and horticultural crops.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Editor-in-chief Kerik CoxPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 4, Taiwan, China 1, Australia 1, Iran 1 (7 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 Biology21.6%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Plant Pathogens and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.8%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Plant Disease Management TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
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
- 2.72LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 178OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12,365OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 283LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 27,419 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 897 | 65 | 118 |
| 2025 | 954 | 297 | 964 |
| 2024 | 908 | 327 | 2,433 |
| 2023 | 978 | 367 | 4,468 |
| 2022 | 1,073 | 70 | 7,501 |
| 2021 | 1,073 | 191 | 10,797 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 56.25%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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Phytopathological Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0191-2917
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-7692
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 110, Issue 7 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Disease
What CAS zone is Plant Disease in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Disease is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Plant Disease?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.72; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 178.
How long does peer review take at Plant Disease?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 56.25%”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Plant Disease based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (4), Taiwan, China (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Plant Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Disease is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Plant Disease open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Disease is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .