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PhytoKeys

Pensoft Publishers · Bulgaria · Est. 1975

ISSN1314-2003

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.553

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.082

Total Worksi

2,073

Total Citationsi

14,188

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionBulgaria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,073

Publisher OrgPensoft Publishers

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pensoft Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1314-2003

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

145

1.3k

2019

219

1.7k

2020

157

818

2021

222

1.5k

2022

179

686

2023

194

599

2024

269

249

2025

173

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsPlant and animal studiesPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsFern and Epiphyte BiologyBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesMediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesBotany and Plant Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about PhytoKeys

Is PhytoKeys a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for PhytoKeys: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 PhytoKeys?

PhytoKeys 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 1.15.

Is PhytoKeys indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

PhytoKeys is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of PhytoKeys?