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Plant Science

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland

ISSN0168-9452eISSN1873-2259

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.207

H-Indexi

224

SNIPi

1.12

Total Worksi

11,223

Total Citationsi

447,019

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Plant Science publishes significant advances in plant biology, including botany, biochemistry, horticulture, gene and shoot. It also explores topics such as genetically modified crops and transformation (genetics). The journal covers structural and functional aspects of plant science.

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General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, <2002- >

StatusActive

Total Publications11,223

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0168-9452 / 1873-2259

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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

342

16k

2019

334

12k

2020

284

7.3k

2021

330

6.5k

2022

310

4.4k

2023

316

2.6k

2024

516

1.9k

2025

381

152

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 ScienceQ1

GeneticsQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Plant ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceGeneticsPlant ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Plant Science

Is Plant Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Science: 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 Science?

Plant Science 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 3.04.

Is Plant Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.