Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Plant Science

Summa Phytopathologica

ISSN 0100-5405 · eISSN 1980-5454 · Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) · Brazil

Summa Phytopathologica: fully open access; APC about USD 400; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ4Plant Science · rank 489/541 · 9th percentile
Review timeabout 12 weeksCommunity average
APCUSD 400Fully open access
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year122025 · OpenAlex count
Indexed inScopusLetPub

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Summa Phytopathologica is published by Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Fungal Plant Pathogen Control and Plant Disease Management Techniques, together about 45.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Publication of original research papers on diseases affecting cultivated plants (agricultural and forestry, native or exotic). Papers may address the etiology, epidemiology and control, or focus on subareas related to the integrated management of phytopathogens, including microbiology, plant physiology, plant nutrition, mathematical modeling, and other relevant areas.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

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

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18.6%
  2. Fungal Plant Pathogen ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.3%
  3. Plant Disease Management TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
  4. Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
  5. Powdery Mildew Fungal DiseasesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
  6. Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
  7. Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
  8. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Plant ScienceQ4489/5419th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

CAB AbstractsSciELOPublisher 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

CiteScore 2026-06
0.7LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.13LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.24LetPub ·
h-index
31OpenAlex ·
i10-index
282OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.06OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,530 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20261313308
20251212460
202477518
20231313666
20222525762
20214040804

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 12 weeksLetPub ·
Peer review
Peer reviewLetPub

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 accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
LetPubBRL 100No—
Publisher websiteUSD 400——

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 websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
Authorship Author Contributions

Conceptualization: Formulation or development of research ideas, objectives, and overarching goals. Data Curation: Management of activities for annotating (producing metadata), cleaning, and maintaining research data (including program codes when required to interpret the data) for initial use and later reuse. Formal Analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other forma…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest

The author(s) must declare in the manuscript whether there is any conflict of interest, either financial or of another nature, that may have influenced the preparation or execution of the work. Furthermore, the corresponding author must provide a specific document, signed by all authors, declaring such information and attaching it to the article submission platform. Similarly, editors and reviewer…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Publication ethics Ethics Policy and Misconduct, Erratum, and Retraction

Identification of Misconduct When questions regarding authorship arise, the corresponding author is contacted first, and, if necessary, all authors are contacted. In the event of an impasse, the authors’ affiliated institutions or the funding/supporting agencies involved in the development of the research may be contacted. Retraction In cases of retractions, the journal follows the Guide for the R…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and License

Summa Phytopathologicaretain the copyright of their works and license under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0 license, which allows unrestricted reuse and distribution, provided that the original work is properly cited. Authors grant Summa Phytopathologica the right of first publication.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access Open Access

This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authoriz…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer Review Process

The submitted articles are evaluated by the Editorial Board, and those that do not fit the journal’s publication policy or do not provide relevant scientific contribution are rejected by the Editorial Team based on the criterion of relative relevance. The articles selected in this first stage are sent to three reviewers whose field of expertise is similar to that of the submitted work. When the pa…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

In accordance with the purposes of Open Science, the journal allows the corresponding author, at the time of article submission or later, to submit the manuscript preferably to the SciELO Preprints server. The indication of whether the article submission is a preprint will be provided by the author at the time of submission by attaching the Open Science compliance form, available via the link belo…

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.

Before you submit

Five checks before submitting to Summa Phytopathologica

  1. 1
    ScopeRecent output centres on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Fungal Plant Pathogen Control.
    Check scope
  2. 2
    Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.
    Author guidelines ↗
  3. 3
    English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
  4. 4
    FeesBRL 100 (LetPub)
    Fee details
  5. 5
    Expected review timeabout 12 weeks · Community average
    Review data

The checks are built from this page's data.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Country or region
Brazil
Language
English, Spanish, Portuguese
ISSN
0100-5405
Electronic ISSN
1980-5454
Society / sponsor
Associação Paulista de Fitopatologia

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Summa Phytopathologica

How long does peer review take at Summa Phytopathologica?

Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.

Which databases index Summa Phytopathologica?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Summa Phytopathologica is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.

Is Summa Phytopathologica open access, and what is the APC?

Summa Phytopathologica is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 400.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .