MycoKeys

Aims & Scope

MycoKeys is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online and print, rapidly published and disseminated journal launched to accelerate research and free information exchange in taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, evolution and ecology of fungi (including lichens).

MycoKeys aims to apply the latest trends and methodologies in publishing and preservation of digital materials to meet the highest possible standards of the cybertaxonomy era.

MycoKeys will publish papers on the monophyletic kingdom Fungi containing taxonomic or ecological data on any taxon of any geological age from any part of the world with no limit to manuscript size.

MycoKeys will consider for publishing works on the following topics: -descriptions of new taxa, if they are accompanied with proper diagnoses and/or keys to distinguish them from close relatives or similar taxa, and if DNA sequence data are deposited in Genbank prior to publication (few possible exceptions from this rule are listed inthe section Taxonomic Treatments).

All new taxa need to be registered at Mycobank and the registration numbers indicated in the manuscript.

New taxa should ideally be described in connection with a phylogenetic analysis or evidence that the barcode gene (ITS) is unique for the new taxon. -taxonomic revisions of extant (or ''recent'') and fossil fungal groups -checklists and catalogues -phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses, if alignments are deposited in TreeBase (with accession number listed in the text). -papers in descriptive and/or historical biogeography -methodology papers, including description of new software, if released a open source license and released as supplementary material to the article. -data mining and literature surveys -monographs, conspecti, atlases -primer notes -"Points of View" commentaries -collections of papers, Festschrift volumes, conference proceedings -data papers (datesets published as supplementary files and through the GBIF or Barcode of Life infrastructures

Metrics & Ranking

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, 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
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 950.00 EUR. Learn more.

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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.

• Shotgun metagenomes and multiple primer pair-barcode combinations of amplicons reveal biases in metabarcoding analyses of fungi

  Citation: 471

  Authors: Leho, Sten, Mohammad, Sergei, Taavi, Ingrid, Urmas, Veljo, Henrik, Falk, Peer, Kessy

• Five simple guidelines for establishing basic authenticity and reliability of newly generated fungal ITS sequences

  Citation: 167

  Authors: R. Henrik, Leho, Kessy, Martin, Erik, Martin, Conrad L., Johan A. A., Johannes, Teresita M., Ari, Parag, Otso, Nils, Johan, K. Martin, Karl-Henrik, Ellen, Urmas

• A new dawn for the naming of fungi: impacts of decisions made in Melbourne in July 2011 on the future publication and regulation of fungal names

  Citation: 107

  Authors: David

• High diversity of Diaporthe species associated with dieback diseases in China, with twelve new species described

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Qin, Xin-Lei, Vladimiro, Cheng-Ming

• The lichens of the Alps – an annotated checklist

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Pier Luigi, Josef, Claude, Philippe, Helmut, Stefano, Peter O.

• Top 50 most wanted fungi

  Citation: 84

  Authors: R. Henrik, Christian, Mohammad, Victor, Ellen, Leho, Jonna, Camila, Sten, Marisol, Martin K., Erik, Kessy

• Buwchfawromyces eastonii gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new anaerobic fungus (Neocallimastigomycota) isolated from buffalo faeces

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Gareth Wyn, Tony Martin, Sabine Marie, Daniel, Joan Elizabeth, Anil Kumar, Sumit Singh

• Oomycete-specific ITS primers for identification and metabarcoding

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Taavi, Leho, Rein, Eve, Harri, Sten

• Identification of endophytic fungi from leaves of Pandanaceae based on their morphotypes and DNA sequence data from southern Thailand

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Saowaluck, Kevin D., Jayarama D., Peter E., Jianchu, Itthayakorn, Mingkwan, Jun-Bo, Alvin M. C., Samantha C.

• Polypores and genus concepts in Phanerochaetaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Otto, Viacheslav, Josef, Bernard, Soili, David