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Planta Medica

Georg Thieme Verlag · Germany · Est. 1886

ISSN1439-0221

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.456

H-Indexi

165

SNIPi

0.609

Total Worksi

28,197

Total Citationsi

375,653

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Integrative & Complementary Medicine; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Plant Sciences; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Organic Chemistry; Pharmaceutical Science; Analytical Chemistry; Drug Discovery; Molecular Medicine; Pharmacology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1886

FrequencySeventeen No. A Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications28,197

Publisher OrgThieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

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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?

Georg Thieme Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1439-0221

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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

684

3.1k

2019

175

2.9k

2020

434

2021

583

834

2022

566

368

2023

101

406

2024

141

2025

750

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.

Complementary and Alternative MedicineQ2

Organic ChemistryQ2

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ2

Analytical ChemistryQ3

Drug DiscoveryQ3

Molecular MedicineQ3

PharmacologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MedicinalIntegrative & Complementary MedicinePharmacology & PharmacyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicinePharmacologyComplementary and Alternative MedicineDrug DiscoveryAnalytical ChemistryOrganic ChemistryPharmaceutical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesNatural product bioactivities and synthesisEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesTraditional and Medicinal Uses of AnnonaceaeSesquiterpenes and Asteraceae StudiesChemical synthesis and alkaloidsPhytochemistry and Bioactive CompoundsPlant biochemistry and biosynthesisPhytochemical Studies and Bioactivities

Frequently asked questions about Planta Medica

Is Planta Medica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Planta Medica: 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 Planta Medica?

Planta Medica 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 0.45.

Is Planta Medica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Planta Medica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.