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Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1983

ISSN1549-7836

SJR Q1✓ 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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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.524

H-Indexi

185

SNIPi

1.368

Total Worksi

1,052

Total Citationsi

116,449

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,052

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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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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?

1549-7836

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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

816

2019

1.5k

2020

942

2021

566

2022

383

2023

327

2024

111

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.

Plant ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant tissue culture and regenerationPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPlant Reproductive BiologyHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Frequently asked questions about Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Is Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Reviews in 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 Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences?

Critical Reviews in 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 10.43.

Is Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences?