About this journal
Aims and scope
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology is an international journal which publishes the results of scientific research and other information relevant to the discipline of plant pathology as review papers, research articles, notes and disease reports. Papers may be submitted in English or French and are subject to peer review. Research articles and notes include original research that contributes to the science of plant pathology or to the practice of plant pathology, including the diagnosis, estimation, prevention, and control of plant diseases. Notes are generally shorter in length and include more concise research results. Disease reports are brief, previously unpublished accounts of diseases occurring on a new host or geographic region. Review papers include mini-reviews, descriptions of emerging technologies, and full reviews on a topic of interest to readers, including symposium papers. These papers will be highlighted in each issue of the journal and require prior discussion with the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.
Peer Review Statement
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes high quality, original research contributions to scientific knowledge. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 102K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.770 (2023) SNIP
- 0.560 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 25 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 80 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 32 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 28% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief / Éditeur en chef 2022 - 2024
Linda Jewell, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, St. John's, NL, Canada
SENIOR EDITORS:
Abstracts / Résumés
Ken Conn, 15 Sioux Court, London, ON, Canada
Bacteriology / Bactériologie
Teresa Coutinho, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Biochemistry / Biochimie
Tyler J. Avis, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Disease Control / Moyens de Lutte
Sabine Banniza, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Disease Reports and Disease Diagnostics / Rapports des Maladies
Rishi Burlakoti, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agasssiz, BC, Canada
Owen Wally, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow, ON, Canada
Epidemiology / Épidémiologie
Syama Chatterton, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Forest Diseases / Pathologie Forestière
Simon Shamoun, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada
Fungal Taxonomy / Taxonomie Fongique
Miao Liu, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Genetics and Resistance / Génétique et Résistance
Thomas Fetch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, MB, Canada
Genomics and Bioinformatics / Génomique
David Joly, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
Host-Pathogen Interactions / Interactions Hôte-Pathogène
Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARS, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
Molecular plant pathology / Pathologie Moléculaire
Dwayne Hegedus, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Population Biology / Biologie des Populations
Wen Chen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Post-Harvest Diseases / Maladies Post-Récolte
Fulya Baysal-Gurel, Tennessee State University, McMinnville, TN, USA
Reviews and symposia articles / Articles de Revue
Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Soilborne Diseases / Maladies Telluriques
Pervaiz Abbasi, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Kentville, NS, Canada
Virology / Virologie
Xianzhou Nie, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Bacteriology
James Tambong, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Dawn Bignell, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada
Biochemistry
Krista Gill, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
David McMullin, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Yangdou Wei, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Disease Control (Biological Control)
Martin Filion, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
Michelle Hubbard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
Disease Control (Breeding for Resistance)
Thomas Miedaner, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Ana Badea, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, MB, Canada
Disease Control (Chemical Control)
Carl Bradley, University of Kentucky, Princeton, Kentucky, USA
Disease Reports and Disease Diagnostics
Khalil Al-Mughrabi, Potato Development Centre, Wicklow, NB, Canada
Harvinder Bennypaul, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, North Saanich, BC, Canada
A. Abdul Kader Jailani, University of Florida, North Florida Research and Education Center and Plant Pathology Department
Epidemiology
Randy Kutcher, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Chami Amarasinghe, Government of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Forest Diseases
Nicolas Feau, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Tod Ramsfield, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Fungal Taxonomy
Joey Tanney, Pacifi c Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada
Genetics and Resistance
Samuel Holden, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Yongju Huang, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfi eld, Hertfordshire, UK
Genomics and Bioinformatics
Tim Xing, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. Canada
Guillaume Bilodeau, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Xuehua Zhang, Bayer Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Jie Feng, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Molecular plant pathology
Lone Buchwaldt, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Soren Seifi, Aurora Cannabis Inc., Edmonton, AL, Canada
Population Biology
Jeremy Dettman, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Yichao Shi, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Post-Harvest Diseases
Yesim Aysan, Plant Protection Department of Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Reviews and symposia articles / Articles de Revue
Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Soilborne Diseases
Tom Forge, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC, Canada
Andrea Botero-Ramírez, Aurora Cannabis, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Virology
Mamadu Fall, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
Jonathan Griffi ths, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland Station, ON, Canada
Xiang (Sean) Li, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Abstracting and indexing
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology is currently abstracted or indexed in;
- Thompson Reuters - Science Citation Index Expanded
- SCOPUS
- CABI
- NHN
- USDA
- University of Bremen
- EBSCOhost
- Elsevier BV
- OCLC
- ProQuest
Open access
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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Society information
The Canadian Phytopathological Society promotes research and education in plant pathology, public awareness of the importance of plant diseases, and discussion of all aspects of plant pathology in Canada and internationally.
La Société Canadienne de Phytopathologie encourage la recherche et l'éducation en phytopathologie, l’information publique sur la connaissance et l'importance des maladies des plantes, et les échanges concernant tous les aspects de la phytopathologie au Canada et dans le monde.
6 issues per year
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