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Plant Methods

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1983

ISSN1746-4811eISSN1746-4811

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.993

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

1.357

Total Worksi

1,805

Total Citationsi

79,459

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Plant Sciences; Biotechnology; Plant Science; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 171 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,805

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCLibrary of Congress; National Digital Preservation Program, ChinaCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1746-4811 / 1746-4811

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, Library of Congress; National Digital Preservation Program, China, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

164

10k

2019

152

6.3k

2020

131

5.1k

2021

143

3.4k

2022

148

2.6k

2023

195

2.2k

2024

169

979

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.

BiotechnologyQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

GeneticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiotechnologyPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Molecular Biology ResearchSmart Agriculture and AIRemote Sensing in AgriculturePlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismSpectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant Virus Research StudiesGreenhouse Technology and Climate Control

Frequently asked questions about Plant Methods

Is Plant Methods a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Methods: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Methods?

Plant Methods 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 5.12.

Is Plant Methods indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Methods is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Plant Methods?