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Plant, Cell and Environment

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United Kingdom

ISSN0140-7791eISSN1365-3040

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.16

H-Indexi

306

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—

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

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5/11 · 45%

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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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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

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

215

12k

2019

293

15k

2020

262

9.6k

2021

296

8.3k

2022

272

2023

566

7.5k

2024

713

3.6k

2025

493

233

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. 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?