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Plant Ecology

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1950

ISSN1385-0237eISSN1573-5052

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.609

H-Indexi

171

SNIPi

0.79

Total Worksi

5,513

Total Citationsi

221,650

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Plant Ecology publishes original scientific papers that report and interpret the findings of pure and applied research into the ecology of vascular plants in terrestrial and wetland ecosystems. Empirical, experimental, theoretical and review papers reporting on ecophysiology, population, community, ecosystem, landscape, molecular and historical ecology are within the scope of the journal.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1950

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,513

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1385-0237 / 1573-5052

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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?

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

1.2k

2019

104

1.2k

2020

110

1.3k

2021

682

2022

100

548

2023

351

2024

171

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.

EcologyQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyForestryPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant and animal studiesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesRangeland and Wildlife ManagementPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsFire effects on ecosystemsForest ecology and managementBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate Change

Frequently asked questions about Plant Ecology

Is Plant Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Ecology: 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 Plant Ecology?

Plant Ecology 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 1.60.

Is Plant Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.