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Plant Science Today

Horizon e-Publishing Group · India · Est. 2014

ISSN2348-1900eISSN2348-1900

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.212

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.473

Total Worksi

4,078

Total Citationsi

6,385

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

PST, published by Horizon e-Publishing Group and powered by Empirion Publishers Private Limited, is covered by Scopus, Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, Clarivate Analytics, NAAS, and many other indexing/abstracting services.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,078

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Horizon e-Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2348-1900 / 2348-1900

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

✅

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

882

2019

627

2020

166

1.1k

2021

198

688

2022

240

688

2023

724

746

2024

1.9k

538

2025

1.2k

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

EcologyQ4

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural Economics and PracticesCrop Yield and Soil FertilityPlant Growth Enhancement TechniquesGenetics and Plant BreedingEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural pest management studiesAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPlant tissue culture and regeneration

Frequently asked questions about Plant Science Today

Is Plant Science Today a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Science Today: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Science Today?

Plant Science Today 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 0.26.

Is Plant Science Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Science Today is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.