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MycoKeys is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
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ISSN 1314-4049Verify ISSN ↗1314-4057Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 146 / 736 | 80th | Q1 |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | 51 / 253 | 80th | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 128 / 541 | 76th | 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 4.8.
MycoKeys is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 146 of 736), Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 51 of 253) and Q1 in Plant Science (rank 128 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
MycoKeys 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.022, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 41.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$970 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.
MycoKeys is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1314-4049 and its online ISSN is 1314-4057.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
MycoKeys has an h-index of 44 and a 2-year mean of 2.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #119 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
MycoKeys published 217 papers in 2025. 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 (71.7%), Thailand (7.5%) and Germany (3.1%). 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. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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