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Seed Science and Technology

International Seed Testing Association · Switzerland

ISSN0251-0952eISSN1819-5717

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.315

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,035

Total Citationsi

31,620

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,035

Publisher OrgInternational Seed Testing Association

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Seed Testing Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0251-0952 / 1819-5717

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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

149

2019

539

2020

171

2021

433

2022

614

2023

2024

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.

HorticultureQ2

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AgronomyHorticulturePlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceHorticulture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Seed Germination and PhysiologyPlant tissue culture and regenerationSoybean genetics and cultivationPlant Genetic and Mutation StudiesGrowth and nutrition in plants

Frequently asked questions about Seed Science and Technology

Is Seed Science and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Seed Science and Technology: 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 Seed Science and Technology?

Seed Science and Technology 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 0.90.

Is Seed Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Seed Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Seed Science and Technology?