Maydica

Experimental Institute for Cereal Research · Italy

ISSN0025-6153eISSN2279-8013

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-12). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

657

Total Citationsi

9,829

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy; Plant Sciences; Agronomy and Crop Science; Genetics; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications657

Publisher OrgExperimental Institute for Cereal Growing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Experimental Institute for Cereal Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0025-6153 / 2279-8013

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

216

2016

2017

304

2018

2019

121

2020

2021

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ4

GeneticsQ4

Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AgronomyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceGeneticsPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genetics and Plant BreedingCrop Yield and Soil FertilityGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsInsect Resistance and GeneticsGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Frequently asked questions about Maydica

Is Maydica a predatory journal?

Maydica was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-12). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Maydica?

Maydica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is Maydica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Maydica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Maydica?