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Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2007

ISSN1872-8847

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

0.456

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.562

Total Worksi

1,239

Total Citationsi

20,576

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Arthropod-Plant Interactions is a journal dedicated to the study of ecological, biological, and evolutionary aspects of interactions between arthropods and plants. Focuses on multidisciplinary research including chemical, biochemical, genetic, and molecular analysis. Publishes high-quality original papers and reviews with a broad fundamental or applied focus. Supports studies presenting field-based long-term data.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,239

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-8847

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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

1.4k

2019

904

2020

662

2021

387

2022

373

2023

334

2024

116

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 ScienceQ2

EcologyQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Insect ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlPlant Parasitism and ResistanceInsect and Pesticide ResearchEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorInsect Pest Control StrategiesForest Insect Ecology and ManagementInsect Resistance and GeneticsHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Frequently asked questions about Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Is Arthropod-Plant Interactions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arthropod-Plant Interactions: 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 Arthropod-Plant Interactions?

Arthropod-Plant Interactions 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 1.58.

Is Arthropod-Plant Interactions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arthropod-Plant Interactions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.