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Plankton and Benthos Research

Plankton Society of Japan · Japan · Est. 2006

ISSN1880-8247eISSN1882-627X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.3

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.423

Total Worksi

610

Total Citationsi

5,588

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Oceanography; Aquatic Science; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications610

OA Since2007

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Plankton Society of Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1880-8247 / 1882-627X

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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

213

2019

186

2020

139

2021

174

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.

Aquatic ScienceQ3

EcologyQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

OceanographyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

OceanographyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine and coastal ecosystemsIsotope Analysis in EcologyMarine and fisheries researchMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesMarine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyMarine and coastal plant biologyMarine Ecology and Invasive SpeciesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMarine Toxins and Detection Methods

Frequently asked questions about Plankton and Benthos Research

Is Plankton and Benthos Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plankton and Benthos Research: 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 Plankton and Benthos Research?

Plankton and Benthos Research 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 0.36.

Is Plankton and Benthos Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plankton and Benthos Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Plankton and Benthos Research?