About this journal
Aims and scope
Mycology : An International Journal on Fungal Biology (ISSN 2150-1203, e-ISSN 2150-1211, CN 10-1918/Q) is an open access journal that publishes research in all fields of mycology, fungi, and fungus-like organisms and lichens.
The aim of Mycology is to provide a platform to meet the needs of a demanding and growing field, and to serve and engage dialogue between Chinese mycologists and the international community.
The journal is sponsored by the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/ The Mycological Society of China is the co-operator.
Mycology publishes papers in all fields of mycology including:
- Taxonomy and systematics
- Phylogenomics and evolutionary biology
- Ecology and biodiversity
- Genetics and molecular biology
- Genomics and secondary metabolism
- Bioinformatics
- Morphogenesis
- Cell biology
- Fungal biotechnology and new techniques
The following types of papers will be considered: Original Research Articles, Technical Reviews or Notes reporting new research, and Invited papers.The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 179K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 9.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.316 (2023) SNIP
- 0.880 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 4 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 36 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 26 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 52% acceptance rate
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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.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Xingzhong Liu - College of Life Science, Nankai University, China
Prof. Lei Cai- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Associate Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Hongwei Liu - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Marc Stadler – Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Microbial Drugs Workgroup, Germany
Prof. Wenbing Yin - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Yit-Heng Chooi - The University of Western Australia, Australia
Prof. Xiao Liu - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Karin Jacobs - University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Prof. Seogchan Kang - The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Prof. Lorenzo Pecoraro- Zhejiang University of Technology, China
Managing Editor:
Dr. Li Han - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Editorial Board:
Prof. Zhiqiang An - University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
Prof. Fengyan Bai - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Joan W. Bennett - Rutgers University, USA
Prof. Gerald F. Bills - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA
Prof. Yongsheng Che - Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academic of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China
Prof. Changbin Chen - Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Shuaifei Chen - Chinese Academic of Forestry, China
Prof. Yucheng Dai- College of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, China
Prof. Liangcheng Du - University of Nebraska, USA
Dr. Natalie D. Fedorova - J. Craig Venter Institute, USA
Dr. Yusufjon Gafforov - Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Botany, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan
Prof. Cheng Gao - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad - Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST), Iran
Prof. Liangdong Guo - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta - National University of Ireland, Ireland
Prof. Thomas C. Harrington - Iowa State University, USA
Prof. David Hawksworth - Royal Botanic Gardens, UK
Prof. Nemat O. Keyhani- University of Florida, USA
Prof. Taihui Li - Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, China
Dr. Yi Li- College of Food Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, China
Prof. Yang Liu - School of Food Science and Engineering, Foshan University, China
Prof. Gao-Qiang Liu - College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China
Prof. Ling Lu- Nanjing Normal University, China
Prof. Zhuhua Luo - Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
Dr. Zong-Long Luo- College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Dali University, China
Dr. Lijun Ma - The Broad Institute, USA
Prof. Zhonghua Ma- Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
Dr. S. MacKenzie - Osprey Biotechnics, Inc., USA
Prof. Hyuncheol Oh - Silla University, South Korea
Dr. Hee-Soo Park - Kyungpook National University, Korea
Dr. Nicola La Porta - Istituto Agrario San Michele (IASMA), Italy
Prof. Wensheng Qin - Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Canada
Prof. Yuping Ran - West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Dr. Dmitry Schigel - University of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Chunming Shan - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Kazutoshi Shibuya - Emeritus of Toho University , Japan
Dr. Roger G. Shivas - Plant Pathology Herbarium (BRIP), Australia
Prof. Suren Singh - Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Dr. K.R. Sridhar - Mangalore University, India
Prof. Takashi Sugita - Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan
Prof. Akira Suzuki - Chiba University, Japan
Dr. Mysore Tejesvi - University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Alfredo Vizzini - Università degli Studi di Torino and Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Italy
Prof. Chengshu Wang - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Linqi Wang - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Meichun Xiang - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Jianping Xu - McMaster University, Canada
Prof. Jinzhong Xu - College of Oceanography, Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Ence Yang - Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Peking University, China
Dr. Yanlong Yang- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, China
Dr. Oded Yarden - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Ruilin Zhao - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Zhiwei Zhao - Yunnan University, China
Prof. Keqin Zhang - Yunnan University, China
Prof. Ning Zhang - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Prof. Liwei Zhou - Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Abstracting and indexing
Mycology is indexed in the following services:
DOAJ
CABI
Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (Online)
AgBiotechNet
Agricultural Engineering Abstracts (Online)
Animal Science Database
Biocontrol News and Information (Online)
Biofuels Abstracts
Botanical Pesticides Abstracts
CAB Abstracts (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux)
Crop Physiology Abstracts (Online)
Crop Science Database
Environmental Impact
Field Crop Abstracts (Online)
Forest Products Abstracts (Online)
Forest Science Database
Forestry Abstracts (Online)
Global Health
Grasslands and Forage Abstract (Online)
Horticultural Science Database
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Nematological Abstracts (Online)
Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews. Series B: Livestock Feeds and Feeding (Online)
Nutrition and Food Sciences Database
Ornamental Horticulture (Online)
Parasitology Database
Plant Breeding Abstracts (Online)
Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts (Online)
Plant Genetics and Breeding Database
Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts (Online) Postharvest Abstracts
Potato Abstracts (Online)
Review of Agricultural Entomology (Online)
Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology (Online)
Review of Plant Pathology (Online)
Rice Abstracts (Online)
Seed Abstracts (Online)
Soil Science Database
Soils and Fertilizers (Online)
Soybean Abstracts (Online)
Sugar Industry Abstracts (Online)
TropAg & Rural
Tropical Diseases Bulletin (Online)
Veterinary Science Database
Weed Abstracts (Online)
Clarivate
Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Biosis Preview 2017-
CSA
Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C), Core
Biological Sciences, Core
EBSCOhost
Academic Search Alumni Edition, 3/1/2010-
Academic Search Complete, 3/1/2010-
Academic Search Elite, 3/1/2010-
Academic Search Premier, 3/1/2010-
TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 1/1/2010-
National Library of Medicine
PubMed
PubMed Central
ProQuest
ProQuest Natural Science Journals, 01/01/2010-
ProQuest SciTech Journals, 01/01/2010-
Elsevier BV
Scopus, 2010-
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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