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Functional Plant Biology

CSIRO Publishing · Australia · Est. 1975

ISSN1445-4408eISSN1445-4416

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.672

H-Indexi

149

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.658

Total Worksi

2,910

Total Citationsi

125,228

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,910

Publisher OrgCSIRO Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CSIRO Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1445-4408 / 1445-4416

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.8k

2019

137

2.4k

2020

113

1.6k

2021

914

2022

785

2023

115

621

2024

111

169

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 ScienceQ1

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant responses to elevated CO2Plant responses to water stressPlant Molecular Biology ResearchLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Functional Plant Biology

Is Functional Plant Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Functional Plant Biology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Functional Plant Biology?

Functional Plant Biology 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 2.88.

Is Functional Plant Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Functional Plant Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Functional Plant Biology?