Molecular Plant Pathology

Aims & Scope

Molecular Plant Pathology is now an open access journal.

Authors pay an article processing charge to publish in the journal and all articles will be freely available to anyone.

BSPP members will be granted a 20% discount on article charges.

The Editorial focus and policy of the journal has not be changed and the editorial team will continue to apply the same rigorous standards of peer review and acceptance criteria.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Medline
• PubMed

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

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.

• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

  Citation: 3731

  Authors: RALPH, JAN A. L., ZACHARIAS A., KIM E., ANTONIO, PIETRO D., JASON J., MARTY, REGINE, JEFF, GARY D.

• Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology

  Citation: 1929

  Authors: JOHN, STEPHANE, SHIMPEI, VITALY, MALINEE, PAMELA, MAX, VALÉRIE, STEVEN V., MARCOS A., IAN, GEORGE, GARY D.

• Top 10 plant‐parasitic nematodes in molecular plant pathology

  Citation: 1750

  Authors: John T., Annelies, Etienne G. J., Hari S., Johannes, Michael G. K., Taisei, Rosa, Juan E., Wim M. L., Roland N.

• <i>Botrytis cinerea</i>: the cause of grey mould disease

  Citation: 1422

  Authors: BRIAN, BETTINA, PAUL, JAN A. L.

• The phenylpropanoid pathway and plant defence—a genomics perspective

  Citation: 1173

  Authors: Richard A., Lahoucine, Parvathi, Chang‐Jun, M. S. Srinivasa, Liangjiang

• Heading for disaster: <i>Fusarium graminearum</i> on cereal crops

  Citation: 1057

  Authors: RUBELLA S., H. CORBY

• Top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology

  Citation: 1041

  Authors: KAREN‐BETH G., SCOTT, HENRYK, PETER, EMMANUEL, THOMAS, BARBARA, KEITH, THIERRY, PAUL, CYNTHIA, GARY D.

• <i>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum</i> (Lib.) de Bary: biology and molecular traits of a cosmopolitan pathogen

  Citation: 919

  Authors: MELVIN D., BART P. H. J., BERLIN D.

• The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology

  Citation: 805

  Authors: Sophien, Oliver, Jonathan D. G., Howard S., Gul Shad, Ronaldo J. D., Sanjoy Guha, Leonardo, Antonios, Franck, David, Michelina, Andreia, Xiao‐Ren, Jon, Remco, Kurt, Mark, Brett M., Niklaus J., M. Shahid, Daniel F. A., Mahmut, Guido, John, Fouad, William E., Hannele, Harold J. G., Benjamin, Jean, Kentaro, Paul R. J., Francine

• Physiology and molecular aspects of <i>Verticillium</i> wilt diseases caused by <i>V. dahliae</i> and <i>V. albo‐atrum</i>

  Citation: 777

  Authors: EMILIE F., BART P. H. J.