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Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Springer · United States · Est. 1952

ISSN1573-9104

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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📊 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

0.734

H-Indexi

123

SNIPi

0.855

Total Worksi

3,721

Total Citationsi

96,222

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (formerly Qualitas Plantarum) is an international journal presenting reports of original research and critical reviews concerned with the improvement and evaluation of the nutritional quality of plant foods for humans, as they are influenced by: Biotechnology, including molecular biology and genetic engineering Food science and technology Functional, nutraceutical or pharma foods Other nutrients and non-nutrients inherent in plant foods

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,721

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-9104

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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

2.9k

2019

2.4k

2020

1.5k

2021

1.7k

2022

1.1k

2023

134

936

2024

185

492

2025

110

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.

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Food ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, AppliedFood Science & TechnologyNutrition & DieteticsPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Food ScienceChemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food composition and propertiesPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesPhytase and its ApplicationsProteins in Food SystemsMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologySeed and Plant BiochemistryNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressAgricultural pest management studiesPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Frequently asked questions about Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Is Plant Foods for Human Nutrition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Foods for Human Nutrition: 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 Foods for Human Nutrition?

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 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 2.90.

Is Plant Foods for Human Nutrition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.