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Journal of Crop Improvement

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1542-7528eISSN1542-7536

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.305

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.713

Total Worksi

931

Total Citationsi

13,290

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications931

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1542-7528 / 1542-7536

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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

723

2019

934

2020

477

2021

329

2022

2023

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

Soil ScienceQ3

GeneticsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AgronomyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceGeneticsSoil SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genetics and Plant BreedingCrop Yield and Soil FertilityRice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisSoybean genetics and cultivationAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsWheat and Barley Genetics and PathologySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural pest management studiesPlant tissue culture and regeneration

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Crop Improvement

Is Journal of Crop Improvement a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Crop Improvement: 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 Journal of Crop Improvement?

Journal of Crop Improvement 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 1.18.

Is Journal of Crop Improvement indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Crop Improvement is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Crop Improvement?