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Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality

Julius Kuhn-Institut Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants · Germany · Est. 1919

ISSN1613-9216eISSN1439-040X
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
52
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q3+12
DOAJ Verified+15
Total52
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.21
H-Index
5
CiteScore
2.1
SNIP
0.383
Total Works
8
Total Citations
75
2yr Mean Citedness
15.00
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Aims & Scope

The Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality (JABFQ) is an international open access journal dedicated to applied research in botany and plant food quality. The aim of the journal is to provide a platform for scientists to disseminate recent results of applied plant research in the fields of e.g. plant physiology and plant ecology, plant biotechnology, plant breeding and cultivation, phytomedicine, plant nutrition, plant stress and resistance, plant microbiology, plant analysis (including -omics techniques), and plant food chemistry. Within these fields, manuscripts are expected to have a clear focus on botanical and plant quality aspects and to contain new and innovative information based on state-of-the-art methodologies. Authors should clearly state and evaluate their specific research hypotheses and place their results into a conceptual framework. Research results must have general applications, should not be of a pure corroborative nature and should not be of only local significance. Novelty and significance of the work should be adequately discussed by the authors. JABFQ will publish articles on the application of a standard method on a new species or cultivar only, if the results are critically evaluated and put into context to already published studies. Contributions which emphasize pure agronomic research related to the fields above and which describe food processing technologies or research on medical plants with a focus on pharmaceutical rather than on botanical aspects are unsuitable for publication.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
20
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q3
SJR Rank
Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1919
Annual Volume~ 1 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications8
Publisher OrgSection Applied Botany of the German Botanical Society, German Society for Quality Research on Plant Foods (DGQ)
OA Since2005
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~20 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/12 · 75%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Julius Kuhn-Institut Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1613-9216 / 1439-040X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
Times cited
2004
2005
2007
2013
2014
2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Food ScienceQ3
Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceFood Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlBiofuel production and bioconversionPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementWood Treatment and PropertiesVoice and Speech DisordersInsect Pest Control StrategiesFungal Biology and ApplicationsPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesForest ecology and management
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref