Mycological Progress
Academic journal
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Mycological Progress is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of fungi including lichens. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the German Mycological Society. Its editor in chief is Marco Thines.[1]
History
The journal was established in February 2002 by the German Mycological Society under founding editor-in-chief, Franz Oberwinkler (University of Tübingen). The current editor-in-chief is Marco Thines, who is also the president of the German Mycological Society. Originally published by botanical publisher, IHW-Verlag (Eching), the title transferred to Springer in 2006 by which time it was the official journal of ten European national mycological societies.[2][3] It was published quarterly until 2015 when it converted to continuous publication online and production of the printed version ceased.[4]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:[5]
- AGRICOLA
- BIOSIS Previews
- Scopus
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- CAB Abstracts
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
- Elsevier Biobase
- EMBiology
- The Zoological Record
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.0.[citation needed]
