Mycoscience is the official English journal of the Mycological Society of Japan and is issued bimonthly. Both members and non-members of the Mycological Society of Japan are encouraged to submit manuscripts for publication in the journal.

Mycoscience publishes original research articles (full papers, short communications, and notes) and reviews on various aspects of fungi including yeasts and other organisms that traditionally have been studied by mycologists.

The research aspects covered by Mycoscience extend from such purely scientific interests as systematics (taxonomy by traditional methods and systematics by molecular methods), evolution, phylogeny, morphology, ecology, physiology , biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, to such agricultural, medical, and industrial applications as pathology (human, animal, and plant), pharmaceuticals, food processing, and other biotechnologies. Also included are new and improved application s of well-established mycological techniques and methods.
For continuous improvement of the journal quality, all the articles are peer-reviewed by anonymous reviewers and editor in chief. We use electrical submission system (Editorial Manager System customized for Mycoscience). Once received, the articles will be published immediately online.
Mycoscience is listed in Web of Science, and has an impact factor of: 1.172 (for 2019).

Publication Charges

Mycoscience has an article processing charge (APC). Authors must be aware that they are responsible for APC if their submission is accepted for publication. APCs a re based on the typeset journal pages.
Accepted manuscripts will not move into production until payment has been received. The invoice and other details will be sent to the corresponding author by the officer of MSJ. Regular members/Student members/Life members/Honorary members of the MSJ as corresponding author or first author: Authors will not be charged APC for manu scripts with eight typeset journal pages for a Full paper and Review, or four printed pages for a Short communication and Notes. Non-member authors will be charged JPY 6,000 for each of the fir st eight typeset journal pages for a Full paper, or for each of the first four typeset journal pages for a Short communication and Notes. In addition, all authors will be charged JPY 15,000 for each extra typeset journal page.