The ''Annual Review of Phytopathology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes
review article
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s about
phytopathology
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
, the study of diseases that affect
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s. It was first published in 1963 as the result of a collaboration between the
American Phytopathological Society
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is an international scientific organization devoted to the study of plant diseases (phytopathology). APS promotes the advancement of modern concepts in the science of plant pathology and in plant healt ...
and the nonprofit publisher
Annual Reviews. As of 2022, ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'' lists the journal's 2021
impact factor
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as 10.850, ranking it seventh of 238 journal titles in the category "Plant Sciences".
Its current
editors
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are
Jan E. Leach
Jan Elnor Leach (born 1953) is an American plant pathologist. She is known for her research of the molecular biology of plant pathogens, particularly those affecting rice plants. She was the co-editor of the ''Annual Review of Phytopathology'' f ...
and
Steven E. Lindow
Steven Earl Lindow (born 1951) is an American plant pathologist. He has researched the application of transgenic bacteria to prevent frost damage in crops as well as using bacteria to prevent russeting of fruit. He is a member of several scienti ...
.
History
In the 1950s, the
American Phytopathological Society
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is an international scientific organization devoted to the study of plant diseases (phytopathology). APS promotes the advancement of modern concepts in the science of plant pathology and in plant healt ...
had intended to publish its own journal to cover significant developments in the field of
phytopathology
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
, or plant diseases. However, the nonprofit publisher
Annual Reviews offered to publish the journal for them, and they agreed due to their publishing experience. In 1961, the American Phytopathological Society compiled the editorial board of the journal at their annual meeting. The first volume was published in 1963. It was the twelfth journal title published by Annual Reviews. In its first ten volumes, it published a total of 188 reviews from authors from twenty-one countries.
It defines its scope as covering significant developments related to
plant pathology
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungus, fung ...
, including diagnosis, plant
pathogen
In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ ...
s,
host–pathogen interaction
The host–pathogen interaction is defined as how microbes or viruses sustain themselves within host organisms on a molecular, cellular, organismal or population level. This term is most commonly used to refer to disease-causing microorganisms alth ...
s,
epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population.
It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...
of plant disease,
breeding plants for
disease resistance Disease resistance is the ability to prevent or reduce the presence of diseases in otherwise susceptible hosts. It can arise from genetic or environmental factors, such as incomplete penetrance. Disease tolerance is different as it is the ability o ...
, and plant disease management. As of 2022, ''
Journal Citation Reports
''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publicationby Clarivate Analytics (previously the intellectual property of Thomson Reuters). It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science-Core Collect ...
'' lists the journal's 2021
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
as 10.850, ranking it seventh of 238 journal titles in the category "Plant Sciences".
It is
abstracted and indexed
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in
Scopus
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,
Science Citation Index Expanded
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,
Civil Engineering Abstracts,
Inspec, and
Academic Search
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, among others.
Editorial processes
The ''Annual Review of Phytopathology'' is helmed by the
editor
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or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors. Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted.
Peer review
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of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.
Editors of volumes
Dates indicate publication years in which someone was credited as a lead editor or co-editor of a journal volume. The planning process for a volume begins well before the volume appears, so appointment to the position of lead editor generally occurred prior to the first year shown here. An editor who has retired or died may be credited as a lead editor of a volume that they helped to plan, even if it is published after their retirement or death.
*
James G. Horsfall (1963–1971)
*
Kenneth F. Baker (1972–1977)
*
Raymond G. Grogan
Raymond Gerald Grogan (July 22, 1920 – July 30, 2016) was an American phytopathologist (plant disease researcher). During his career at the University of California, Davis, he primarily researched diseases that affected crops like lettuce, toma ...
(1978–1984)
*
R. James Cook (1985–1994)
*
Robert K. Webster (1995–2003)
*
Neal K. Van Alfen (2004–2016)
*
Jan E. Leach
Jan Elnor Leach (born 1953) is an American plant pathologist. She is known for her research of the molecular biology of plant pathogens, particularly those affecting rice plants. She was the co-editor of the ''Annual Review of Phytopathology'' f ...
and
Steven E. Lindow
Steven Earl Lindow (born 1951) is an American plant pathologist. He has researched the application of transgenic bacteria to prevent frost damage in crops as well as using bacteria to prevent russeting of fruit. He is a member of several scienti ...
(2017–present)
Current editorial committee
As of 2022, the editorial committee consists of the co-editors and the following members:
* Thomas J. Baum
* Gwyn A. Beattie
* Karen A. Garrett
* Kenneth B. Johnson
* George W. Sundin
* Massimo Turina
See also
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List of botany journals
The following is a list of notable botanical scientific journals.
General botany
The following table is a list of scientific journals publishing articles on many areas of botany.
Agronomy and horticulture
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References
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Phytopathology
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
English-language journals
Publications established in 1963
Phytopathology
Annual journals
Agricultural journals
Botany journals