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Plant Biotechnology

Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology · Japan · Est. 1983

ISSN1347-6114

SJR Q2✓ 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.

📊 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

0.429

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.37

Total Worksi

2,006

Total Citationsi

25,752

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy and Crop Science; Plant Science; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,006

Publisher OrgJapanese Society for Plant Biotechnology

OA Since2017

Submission Info

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1347-6114

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

416

2019

791

2020

731

2021

303

2022

201

2023

198

2024

125

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 ScienceQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

BiotechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceBiotechnologyPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Molecular Biology ResearchTransgenic Plants and ApplicationsPlant Reproductive BiologyPlant Gene Expression AnalysisPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant Genetic and Mutation StudiesPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Plant Biotechnology

Is Plant Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Plant Biotechnology?

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 0.429.

Is Plant Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Biotechnology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Plant Biotechnology?