Fungal Diversity

Fungal Diversity is an international journal which publishes papers spanning all facets of the field of mycology. It is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the biodiversity, and systematic and molecular phylogeny of the fungi, including lichens. The coverage encompasses biodiversity, and systematic and molecular phylogeny. The content includes novel research articles and review articles, all of which are peer reviewed. Fungal Diversity is the official journal of Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is based in China.

Fungal Diversity
DisciplineMycology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byZhuliang Yang
Publication details
History1998–present
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
FrequencyIrregular
15.085 (2018)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Fungal Divers.
Indexing
ISSN1560-2745 (print)
1878-9129 (web)
Links

In terms of impact factor, Fungal Diversity is ranked number 4 in the Top 10 Agricultural and Biological Sciences [1] with a 2018 impact factor of 15.085.[2]

Publication Bias

From the 133 research articles published between January 2015 and April 2020, 62.4% (83) had at least one member of the editorial board within the authors and 51.1% (68) carried the name of the same researcher (Kevin D. Hyde) as an author.

Within the top 10 publishing authors in the journal (more than 22 articles published in the period above) only two are not members of the editorial board.

The journal self-citation is considerably high. On average per article 17.33 citations refer to another Fungal Diversity article, this number can be as high as 156 in an article published in 2017.

These actions help to inflate the impact factor of the journal without being caught by the scrutinizing agencies.

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References
  1. "Top 10 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Journals (2020 update)". SCI Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. "Fungal Diversity Impact Factor". SCI Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-17.


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