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Rice

Springer · United States · Est. 1972

ISSN1939-8425eISSN1939-8433

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

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

122

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 100d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.524

H-Indexi

104

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.375

Total Worksi

1,163

Total Citationsi

48,618

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

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

Review Time~13 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-8425 / 1939-8433

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek; National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PMC

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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

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

2019

3.6k

2020

105

3.1k

2021

1.8k

2022

988

2023

788

2024

123

422

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 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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. 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.