title: Molecular Plant Pathology
text: # Molecular Plant Pathology
  
  Molecular Plant Pathology is a monthly open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Society for Plant Pathology. It was established in January 2000 by Gary D. Foster, University of Bristol, who acted as editor-in-chief from 2000 to 2012. The journal covers research concerning plant pathology, in particular its molecular aspects such as plant-pathogen interactions. The current editor-in-chief is Ralph A. Dean (North Carolina State University). The journal had a 2017 impact factor of 4.188, ranking it 17th out of 223 journals in the category "Plant Sciences". The journal became open access in January 2019.
  
  ## Chief editors
  
  * Gary D. Foster (2000–2012)
  * Martin B. Dickman (2012–2017)
  * Ralph A. Dean (since 2017)
  