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AoB PLANTS

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1891

ISSN2041-2851eISSN2041-2851

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.782

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.105

Total Worksi

1,214

Total Citationsi

34,373

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Plant Sciences; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1891

Annual Volume~ 76 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,214

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2041-2851 / 2041-2851

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

2.4k

2019

1.5k

2020

1.7k

2021

744

2022

857

2023

380

2024

137

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 ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceGenetic diversity and population structurePlant responses to water stressPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant Diversity and EvolutionPlant Reproductive Biology

Frequently asked questions about AoB PLANTS

Is AoB PLANTS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AoB PLANTS: 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 AoB PLANTS?

AoB PLANTS 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 2.05.

Is AoB PLANTS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AoB PLANTS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of AoB PLANTS?