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Plant Breeding

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1965

ISSN1439-0523

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.496

H-Indexi

106

SNIPi

0.714

Total Worksi

4,719

Total Citationsi

110,439

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Plant Sciences; Agronomy and Crop Science; Plant Science; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1965

Annual Volume~ 111 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,719

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1439-0523

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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?

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

133

2.1k

2019

1.1k

2020

107

1.1k

2021

588

2022

510

2023

107

331

2024

137

152

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

GeneticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AgronomyBiotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceGeneticsPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyGenetics and Plant BreedingPlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Reproductive BiologyPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant Pathogens and ResistanceChromosomal and Genetic VariationsPlant pathogens and resistance mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Plant Breeding

Is Plant Breeding a predatory journal?

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

Plant Breeding 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 1.11.

Is Plant Breeding indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Breeding is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Plant Breeding?