Journal profile · Agronomy
Plant Pathology
ISSN 0032-0862 · eISSN 1365-3059 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1952
Plant Pathology: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.81; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,640; median 130 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 217 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Pathology is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 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 Pathogens and Resistance and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This international journal, owned and edited by the British Society for Plant Pathology, covers all aspects of plant pathology and reaches subscribers in 80 countries. Top quality original research papers and critical reviews from around the world cover: diseases of temperate and tropical plants caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, phytoplasmas and nematodes; physiological, biochemical, molecular, ecological, genetic and economic aspects of plant pathology; disease epidemiology and modelling; disease appraisal and crop loss assessment; and plant disease control and disease-related crop management.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.3%
- Plant Pathogens and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences10%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Plant Disease Management TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | 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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | 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
- 2.81LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 141OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,663OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 187LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,840 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 170 | 96 | 50 |
| 2025 | 217 | 134 | 439 |
| 2024 | 256 | 124 | 1,347 |
| 2023 | 167 | 101 | 1,197 |
| 2022 | 174 | 63 | 1,938 |
| 2021 | 204 | 74 | 3,022 |
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
130 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 87 days – 178 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 159 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (427 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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 4,640 / EUR 3,870 / GBP 3,090 | — | — |
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1952
- ISSN
- 0032-0862
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-3059
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Pathology
What CAS zone is Plant Pathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Pathology is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agronomy / Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Plant Pathology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.81; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 141.
How long does peer review take at Plant Pathology?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 130 days (interquartile range 87–178 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Plant Pathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Pathology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Plant Pathology open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Pathology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,640.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .