Journal profile · Plant Sciences
Plant Pathology Journal
ISSN 1598-2254 · eISSN 2093-9280 · Korean Society of Plant Pathology · SOUTH KOREA · Quarterly · Founded 1999
Plant Pathology Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.5; fully open access; APC about USD 850; median 64 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Pathology Journal is published by Korean Society of Plant Pathology 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-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Virus Research Studies, together about 40.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Plant Pathology Journal is an international journal devoted to the publication of fundamental and applied investigations on all aspects of plant pathology and their traditional allies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Plant Sciences
Editor-in-chief Hokyoung Son SeoulPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 41, United States 2, Taiwan, China 1, Italy 1, Netherlands 1 (46 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 Biology15.2%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.6%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Plant and Fungal Interactions ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Nematode management and characterization studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
- Plant Pathogens and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
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 | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
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 | 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 | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 790OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 69LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,592 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 21 |
| 2025 | 69 | 69 | 129 |
| 2024 | 64 | 64 | 392 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | 553 |
| 2022 | 70 | 70 | 809 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | 835 |
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
64 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 43 days – 94 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 56 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 124 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (153 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 ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | USD 850 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 850 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 850 / USD 1,000 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- first report of a new disease on a new host
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- editorialThe Plant Pathology Journal is an international journal devoted to the publication of fundamental and applied investigations on all aspects of plant pathology a…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- notesFull-length original Research Articles, Reviews, Notes, and Opinion and Commentary articles are published.Length not stated
- opinion and commentary articlesFull-length original Research Articles, Reviews, Notes, and Opinion and Commentary articles are published.Length not stated
- research articley articles are published. The length of Research Articles should exceed more than 4,000 words for the text including title, authors, acknowledgments, refmain text ≤ 4,000 words
- research articlesFull-length original Research Articles, Reviews, Notes, and Opinion and Commentary articles are published.Length not stated
- reviewAll manuscripts are considered to be confidential and are reviewed by members of the Editorial Board, or qualified ad hoc reviewers. Each manuscript receives tw…references ≤ 10
- reviewsFull-length original Research Articles, Reviews, Notes, and Opinion and Commentary articles are published.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP
Authorship credit should be based on (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (3) final approval of the version to be published; and (4) agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
Conflict of interest disclosure required by corresponding author. Model summary
The corresponding author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors' interpretation of the data. Examples of potential conflicts of interest are financial support from or connections to companies, political pressure from interest groups, and academically related issues. In particular, all sources of funding applicable to the study should be expli…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Research ethics policy covering fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and inappropriate authorship. Model summary
All the manuscripts should be prepared under strict observation of research by following research ethics. Scientific misconducts relevant to research activities include fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, including inappropriate authors, in the process of proposing, performing, and publishing the research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT
To maintain and protect the Society’s ownership and rights and to protect the original authors from misappropriations of their work, The Plant Pathology Journal requires the corresponding author to sign a copyright transfer agreement form on the behalf of all the authors. This agreement is sent with the proofs to the corresponding author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Model summary
This is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review REVIEW PROCESS
All manuscripts are considered to be confidential and are reviewed by members of the Editorial Board, or qualified ad hoc reviewers. Each manuscript receives two simultaneous reviews. The review article needs to be presubmission to the Editor-in-Chief with cover letter that includes “title”, “authorship”, “abstract”, “short comments why this review is timely critical”, and “10 references”. When a …
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
- Korean Society of Plant Pathology
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1598-2254
- Print ISSN
- 2233-9191
- Electronic ISSN
- 2093-9280
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Pathology Journal
What CAS zone is Plant Pathology Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Pathology Journal is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.5; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at Plant Pathology Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 64 days (interquartile range 43–94 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Plant Pathology Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Plant Pathology Journal based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (41), United States (2) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Plant Pathology Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Pathology Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Plant Pathology Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Pathology Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 850.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .