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Journal of Phytology

TathQeef Scientific Publishing · United Arab Emirates · Est. 1970

ISSN2075-6240

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2015-06-18). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.195

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.319

Total Worksi

203

Total Citationsi

809

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Phytology is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing novel scientific research in the field of plant science. Journal of Phytology publishes three types of articles: Review Article Research Article Short Communication Journal of Phytology publishes articles in different fields of plant science research including but not limited to the following: Plant Physiology & Ecology Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology Agriculture & Botany Plant Breeding & Genetics Horticulture & Landscaping Plant Biochemistry & Phytochemistry Mycology & Plant Pathology

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications203

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

TathQeef Scientific Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2075-6240

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

2019

164

2020

185

2021

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Phytology

Is Journal of Phytology a predatory journal?

Journal of Phytology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2015-06-18). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Phytology?

Journal of Phytology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.195.

Is Journal of Phytology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Phytology is indexed in Scopus.