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International Journal of Plant Sciences

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1992

ISSN1537-5315

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.592

H-Indexi

119

SNIPi

0.57

Total Worksi

3,446

Total Citationsi

100,742

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The International Journal of Plant Sciences publishes research on plant sciences. It regularly features special issues on topics of particular interest, including new and exciting research originally presented at major botanical conferences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

Annual Volume~ 67 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,446

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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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?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1537-5315

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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

114

1.6k

2019

672

2020

655

2021

258

2022

261

2023

130

2024

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesPlant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant Reproductive BiologyFern and Epiphyte BiologyBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesPlant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsPlant Molecular Biology Research

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Plant Sciences

Is International Journal of Plant Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Plant Sciences: 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 International Journal of Plant Sciences?

International Journal of Plant Sciences 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 0.88.

Is International Journal of Plant Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Plant Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.