Plant Pathology

Aims & Scope

This international journal, owned and edited by the British Society for Plant Pathology, covers all aspects of plant pathology and reaches subscribers in 80 countries.

Top quality original research papers and critical reviews from around the world cover: diseases of temperate and tropical plants caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, phytoplasmas and nematodes; physiological, biochemical, molecular, ecological, genetic and economic aspects of plant pathology; disease epidemiology and modelling; disease appraisal and crop loss assessment; and plant disease control and disease-related crop management.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.710

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	106

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7953

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1522

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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 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 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.

• <i>Fusarium</i> ear blight (scab) in small grain cereals—a review

  Citation: 1372

  Authors: D. W., P., L.

• GROWTH STAGES IN CEREALS ILLUSTRATION OF THE FEEKES SCALE

  Citation: 1120

  Authors: E. C.

• Climate change, plant diseases and food security: an overview

  Citation: 807

  Authors: S., A. C.

• Climate change and forest diseases

  Citation: 550

  Authors: R. N., S. J., A. V., P. E., J. T., K. J., J. J., A. J.

• The biosecurity threat to the UK and global environment from international trade in plants

  Citation: 535

  Authors: C. M.

• <i>Dickeya</i> species: an emerging problem for potato production in Europe

  Citation: 385

  Authors: I. K., J. M., G., E., V., M., L., J. G.

• Control of blackleg and tuber soft rot of potato caused by <i>Pectobacterium</i> and <i>Dickeya</i> species: a review

  Citation: 379

  Authors: R., M. C. M., J. A., J. M.

• Epidemiology and management of <i>Leptosphaeria maculans</i> (phoma stem canker) on oilseed rape in Australia, Canada and Europe

  Citation: 363

  Authors: J. S., P. D., M. J., B. D. L.

• Grapevine trunk diseases: complex and still poorly understood

  Citation: 346

  Authors: C., M., M., P., J., E., A., C., F.

• Possible climate‐change effects on mycotoxin contamination of food crops pre‐ and postharvest

  Citation: 311

  Authors: N., A., D.

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