Journal of Phycology

The Journal of Phycology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of phycology (the study of algae), published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. on behalf of the Phycological Society of America. The journal was established in 1965 and published quarterly until 1992, when it changed to a bimonthly format.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • AGRICOLA

• Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts

• Biological Abstracts

• BIOSIS Previews

• CABI databases

• CAB HEALTH

• Chemical Abstracts Service

• Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences

• EBSCO databases

• Global Health

• InfoTrac

• ProQuest databases

• Science Citation Index

• The Zoological Record According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.923, ranking it 22nd out of 111 journals in the category "Marine & Freshwater Biology" and 76th out of 235 journals in the category "Plant Sciences".