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Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Springer · India

ISSN0974-0430

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.833

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.896

Total Worksi

1,817

Total Citationsi

43,385

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Plant Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, 2006-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,817

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

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?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0974-0430

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

104

3.7k

2019

180

5.3k

2020

201

4.6k

2021

148

2.8k

2022

137

1.4k

2023

137

1.2k

2024

147

466

2025

116

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.

Plant ScienceQ1

Molecular BiologyQ2

PhysiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

PhysiologyPlant ScienceMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant responses to water stress

Frequently asked questions about Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Is Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants: 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 Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants?

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 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 3.43.

Is Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants?