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Plant Ecology and Evolution

Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique · Belgium

ISSN2032-3913eISSN2032-3921

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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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

0.39

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.835

Total Worksi

669

Total Citationsi

6,427

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Plant Ecology and Evolution is an international journal dedicated to the publication of original research and reviews on all aspects of plant ecology and evolution. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including plant population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, plant evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, biogeography, and conservation biology. We welcome contributions that integrate ecological and evolutionary perspectives to understand plant life on Earth.

General Information

Country / RegionBelgium

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications669

Publisher OrgMeise Botanic Garden

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2032-3913 / 2032-3921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

N/A

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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

518

2019

327

2020

255

2021

119

2022

124

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.

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Diversity and EvolutionPlant and animal studiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesDiatoms and Algae ResearchFern and Epiphyte BiologyPlant Parasitism and ResistanceBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Frequently asked questions about Plant Ecology and Evolution

Is Plant Ecology and Evolution a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Ecology and Evolution: 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 Ecology and Evolution?

Plant Ecology and Evolution 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 1.06.

Is Plant Ecology and Evolution indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Ecology and Evolution is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.