Fungal Biology

Aims & Scope

Fungal Biology publishes original contributions in all fields of basic and applied research involving fungi and fungus-like organisms (including oomycetes and slime moulds).

Areas of investigation include biodeterioration, biotechnology, cell and developmental biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, geomycology, medical mycology, mutualistic interactions (including lichens and mycorrhizas), physiology, plant pathology, secondary metabolites, and taxonomy and systematics.

Submissions on experimental methods are also welcomed.

Priority is given to contributions likely to be of interest to a wide international audience.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.572

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	123

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10161

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	834

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Phylogenetic evaluation of Geomyces and allies reveals no close relatives of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, comb. nov., in bat hibernacula of eastern North America

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Andrew M., Daniel L.

• A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota)

  Citation: 214

  Authors: Alfredo, Otto, Dimitrios, Beatriz, Elisabet, Daniel, Karen, Tuomo, Karl-Henrik, Leif, David S.

• Dishwashers – A man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens

  Citation: 201

  Authors: P., M., G.S., N.

• The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum: Defining the pathways of spikelet to spikelet colonisation in wheat ears

  Citation: 194

  Authors: Neil A., Martin, Allison M.L., Kim E.

• Plant growth-promoting traits of yeasts isolated from the phyllosphere and rhizosphere of Drosera spatulata Lab.

  Citation: 158

  Authors: Shih-Feng, Pei-Feng, Hsueh-Yu, Jyuan-Yu, Hong-Su, Wei-Ta, Bai-You, Jui-Yu

• The Diaporthe sojae species complex: Phylogenetic re-assessment of pathogens associated with soybean, cucurbits and other field crops

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Dhanushka, Lisa A., Amy Y., Ekachai, Kevin D.

• Families, genera, and species of Botryosphaeriales

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Tao, Johannes Z., Ratchadawan, Fahimeh, Jafar, Lorenzo, Pedro W.

• Aspergillus niger contains the cryptic phylogenetic species A. awamori

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Giancarlo, Gaetano, Filomena, János, Jens C., Robert A.

• Population genetics of ectomycorrhizal fungi: from current knowledge to emerging directions

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Greg W., Lucie, Hervé, Marc-André

• Primers for mating-type diagnosis in Diaporthe and Phomopsis: their use in teleomorph induction in vitro and biological species definition

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Jorge M., Viviana G., Alan J.L.

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