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Journal of Fungi is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2309-608XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 45 / 736 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 46 / 541 | 91st | Q1 |
| Microbiology (medical) | 22 / 147 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.7.
Journal of Fungi is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 45 of 736), Q1 in Plant Science (rank 46 of 541) and Q1 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 22 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Fungi is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 8.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.961, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 94.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,137 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Fungi is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2309-608X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Fungi has an h-index of 115 and a 2-year mean of 4.35 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Journal of Fungi published 905 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 1,341. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (55.5%), United States (8.2%) and Colombia (4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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