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Plant Direct

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN2475-4455eISSN2475-4455

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.849

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.618

Total Worksi

879

Total Citationsi

11,850

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant Sciences; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications879

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2475-4455 / 2475-4455

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

101

2019

115

2.6k

2020

1.2k

2021

116

1.5k

2022

848

2023

100

471

2024

119

188

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.

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Molecular Biology ResearchPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPlant Reproductive BiologyPlant Gene Expression AnalysisPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant responses to water stressPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityLight effects on plants

Frequently asked questions about Plant Direct

Is Plant Direct a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Direct: 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 Plant Direct?

Plant Direct 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 1.96.

Is Plant Direct indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Direct is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Plant Direct?