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Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Korean Society of Breeding Science · South Korea · Est. 1991

ISSN2287-9358

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

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

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.375

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.333

Total Worksi

531

Total Citationsi

4,685

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (Plant Breed. Biotech.) publishes original and peer-reviewed research and review articles in all areas of basic and practical researches in the field of plant breeding and biotechnology including breeding methodologies, genetics, and genomics of ......

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications531

Publisher OrgKorean Society of Breeding Science

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

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?

Korean Society of Breeding Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2287-9358

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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

363

2019

434

2020

171

2021

213

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.

Plant ScienceQ2

BiotechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsPlant tissue culture and regenerationGABA and Rice ResearchGenetics and Plant BreedingSoybean genetics and cultivationPlant Genetic and Mutation StudiesPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Frequently asked questions about Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Is Plant Breeding and Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Breeding and Biotechnology: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Breeding and Biotechnology?

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.375.

Is Plant Breeding and Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology is indexed in Scopus.