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Plant Gene

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2015

ISSN2352-4073eISSN2352-4073

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-01-04). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. 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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.463

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.578

Total Worksi

594

Total Citationsi

9,056

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Plant Gene is a diverse plant journal that considers topics in multiple fields. Its scope includes plant science and genetics.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications594

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-4073 / 2352-4073

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

1.8k

2019

772

2020

1.4k

2021

311

2022

276

2023

213

2024

111

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & HeredityPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiotechnologyBiochemistryPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Gene Expression AnalysisPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Reproductive BiologyPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant biochemistry and biosynthesisPlant Genetic and Mutation Studies

Frequently asked questions about Plant Gene

Is Plant Gene a predatory journal?

Plant Gene was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2017-01-04). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Plant Gene?

Plant Gene 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 1.61.

Is Plant Gene indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Gene is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.