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Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Asian Network for Scientific Information · Pakistan · Est. 1990

ISSN1682-3974

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2015-02-28). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.18

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.303

Total Worksi

2,176

Total Citationsi

26,161

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences publishes original research in all areas of plant science and botany. The journal's scope includes plant biotechnology, plant cell and tissue culture, plant gene transfer, development, growth regulation, molecular cell biology and genetics, signal transduction, photosynthesis, pathogen resistance, nutrition, and water.

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General Information

Country / RegionPakistan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,176

Publisher OrgAsian Network for Scientific Information

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2014

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Asian Network for Scientific Information

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1682-3974

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

132

2019

335

2020

314

2021

228

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 ScienceQ4

Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crop Yield and Soil FertilityRice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementPlant tissue culture and regenerationGenetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural Science and FertilizationAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural pest management studiesSeed Germination and PhysiologyPlant Genetic and Mutation Studies

Frequently asked questions about Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Is Asian Journal of Plant Sciences a predatory journal?

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2015-02-28). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Asian Journal of Plant Sciences?

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.18.

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

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences is indexed in Scopus.