Fungal Ecology

Aims & Scope

Fungal Ecology publishes investigations into all aspects of fungal ecology, including the following (not exclusive): population dynamics; adaptation; evolution; role in ecosystem functioning, nutrient cycling, decomposition, carbon allocation; ecophysiology; intra- and inter-specific mycelial interactions, fungus-plant (pathogens, mycorrhizas, lichens, endophytes), fungus-invertebrate and fungus-microbe interaction; genomics and (evolutionary) genetics; conservation and biodiversity; remote sensing; bioremediation and biodegradation; quantitative and computational aspects - modelling, indicators, complexity, informatics.

The usual prerequisites for publication will be originality, clarity, and significance as relevant to a better understanding of the ecology of fungi.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.633

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	78

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9121

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	419

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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 and Environmental Science, 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.

• FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild

  Citation: 3565

  Authors: Nhu H., Zewei, Scott T., Sara, Leho, Jon, Jonathan S., Peter G.

• Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology

  Citation: 503

  Authors: Fernando E., Mark S., Meredith, David, Mark A., Siegfried, Masanori, Nguya K., Arnulfo, Bonnie H., Judith K., Drauzio E.N., Helen E.

• Conservation of ectomycorrhizal fungi: exploring the linkages between functional and taxonomic responses to anthropogenic N deposition

  Citation: 285

  Authors: E.A., E.A., T.R.

• Diversity of fungal endophytes in leaves and stems of wild rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) in Peru

  Citation: 249

  Authors: Romina, Priscila

• Mycorrhizal fungi mediation of terrestrial ecosystem responses to global change: mini-review

  Citation: 239

  Authors: Jacqueline E., Charles C., Peter, Anurag, Paul T., Katherine, Elizabeth, Shafkat, Ashley, Megan, Melanie, C. Allen

• Chronic nitrogen additions fundamentally restructure the soil fungal community in a temperate forest

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Eric W., Serita D., Jesse J., Linda T.A., W. Kelley, Anne

• Scraping the bottom of the barrel: are rare high throughput sequences artifacts?

  Citation: 204

  Authors: Shawn P., Allison M., Anne R., Kirsten, Spencer K., Kale, Alena K., Ari

• Nutritional ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

  Citation: 197

  Authors: A., T., A.H.

• Discovery of dark matter fungi in aquatic ecosystems demands a reappraisal of the phylogeny and ecology of zoosporic fungi

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Hans-Peter, Christian, Timothy Y., Maiko

• An open source software package for automated extraction of ITS1 and ITS2 from fungal ITS sequences for use in high-throughput community assays and molecular ecology

  Citation: 190

  Authors: R. Henrik, Vilmar, Martin, Martin, Anthony, Johannes, Erik, Martin, Ari, Kessy

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