Karstenia

Aims & Scope

Karstenia is an international research journal with an emphasis to boreal and arctic-alpine mycology.

It publishes papers reporting original research on all aspects of the fungi (including lichens), especially on systematics and ecology.

Papers also appropriate for the journal are review articles, book reviews and invited papers.

Publication is open to all persons.

Papers are accepted in English.

All articles are peer-reviewed by specialists prior to acceptance.

Each volume of Karstenia consists of two issues which appear in June and December.

Occasionally supplements will be published.

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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.

• Community structure and dynamics of wood-rotting Basidiomycetes on decomposing conifer trunks in northern Finland

  Citation: 344

  Authors: Pertti

• Interfertility and clonal size in the Armillariella mellea complex

  Citation: 288

  Authors: Kari

• The Hymenochaetales: a revision of the European poroid taxa

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Jean-Luis, Tuomo

• A note on the polarity of Armillea mellea

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Veikko

• Corticulous Myxomycetes in three different habitats in southern Finland

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Marja

• Selective effect of terpenes on wood-decomposing Hymenomycetes

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Veikko

• Simple isolation and inoculation methods for fungal cultures

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Kari, Veikko

• Laboulbeniales (Ascomycetes) of Finland and adjacent parts of the U.S.S.R.

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Larry

• A monograph of Hyaloscypha and allied genera

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Seppo

• Phylogenetic relationships in Cortinarius with focus on North European species

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Øyvind, Kjetil, Trond, Russell, Klaus