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Plant, Cell and Environment

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United Kingdom

ISSN0140-7791eISSN1365-3040

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

149

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 139d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

2.16

H-Indexi

306

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.767

Total Worksi

9,795

Total Citationsi

646,672

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Physiology; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, <1998->

StatusActive

Total Publications9,795

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0140-7791 / 1365-3040

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

214

12k

2019

291

14k

2020

260

9.3k

2021

293

7.9k

2022

269

4.7k

2023

560

6.7k

2024

713

2.9k

2025

351

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.

PhysiologyQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

PhysiologyPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPlant Molecular Biology Research

Frequently asked questions about Plant, Cell and Environment

Is Plant, Cell and Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant, Cell and Environment: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Plant, Cell and Environment?

Plant, Cell and Environment 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.21.

Is Plant, Cell and Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant, Cell and Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Plant, Cell and Environment?