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Journal of Plant Biotechnology

Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology · South Korea · Est. 1980

ISSN1229-2818

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.285

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.368

Total Worksi

1,320

Total Citationsi

4,913

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

JPB publishes original, peer-reviewed articles dealing with advanced scientific aspects of plant biotechnology, which includes molecular biology, genetics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. JPB does not exclude studies on lower plants including algae and cyanobacteria if studies are carried out within the aspects described above.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageKorean, English

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyFour issues of a yearly volume in real-time

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,320

Publisher OrgThe Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1229-2818

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

Korean, 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

261

2019

232

2020

135

2021

123

2022

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ3

BiotechnologyQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceBiotechnologyPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant tissue culture and regenerationTransgenic Plants and ApplicationsPlant Genetic and Mutation StudiesPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Reproductive BiologyPlant Virus Research StudiesFlowering Plant Growth and CultivationPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Plant Biotechnology

Is Journal of Plant Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Plant Biotechnology: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Plant Biotechnology?

Journal of Plant Biotechnology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.285.

Is Journal of Plant Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Plant Biotechnology is indexed in Scopus.