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Rice

Springer · United States · Est. 1972

ISSN1939-8425eISSN1939-8433
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.524
H-Indexi
104
SNIPi
1.375
Total Worksi
1,163
Total Citationsi
48,618
2yr Mean Citednessi
4.26
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
1
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Rice aims to fill a glaring void in basic and applied plant science journal publishing. This journal is the world's only high-quality serial publication for reporting current advances in rice genetics, structural and functional genomics, comparative genomics, molecular biology and physiology, molecular breeding and comparative biology. Rice welcomes review articles and original papers in all of the aforementioned areas and serves as the primary source of newly published information for researchers and students in rice and related research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1972
FrequencyThree Issues A Year, 2009-
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,163
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
OA Since2011
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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
CLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoKoninklijke Bibliotheek; National Science Library, Chinese Academy of SciencesPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1939-8425 / 1939-8433
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek; National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PMC
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
101
5.1k
2019
82
3.7k
2020
105
3.2k
2021
70
1.9k
2022
61
1.1k
2023
75
880
2024
123
528
2025
70
12
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 ScienceQ1
Plant ScienceQ1
Soil ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agronomy

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceSoil SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsRice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementGABA and Rice ResearchPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant responses to water stressPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant Gene Expression Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Rice

Is Rice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rice: 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 Rice?

Rice 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 4.26.

Is Rice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Rice?

Rice aims to fill a glaring void in basic and applied plant science journal publishing. This journal is the world's only high-quality serial publication for reporting current advances in rice genetics, structural and functional genomics, comparative genomics, molecular biology and physiology, molecular breeding and comparative biology. Rice welcomes review articles and original papers in all of the aforementioned areas and serves as the primary source of newly published information for researchers and students in rice and related research.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref