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Journal of People, Plants, and Environment

The Society of People, Plants, and Environment · South Korea · Est. 2002

ISSN2508-7681

SJR Q3✓ 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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.235

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.335

Total Worksi

916

Total Citationsi

1,790

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of People, Plants, and Environment (PPE) is an international peer-reviewed journal that presents high-quality research on plant-dominated resources in communities. This includes research on street trees, urban forests, parks, gardens, natural conservation areas, botanical gardens, and cemeteries, as well as their use, planning, and design.

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 61 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications916

OA Since2019

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The Society of People, Plants, and Environment

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2508-7681

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

233

2019

248

2020

286

2021

190

2022

126

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Health (social science)Q3

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ3

Urban StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Nature and Landscape ConservationHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology and Conservation StudiesUrban Green Space and HealthDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education StudiesKorean Urban and Social StudiesHealth and Wellbeing ResearchEnergy and Environmental SystemsDiverse Topics in Contemporary ResearchFlowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgriculture, Soil, Plant ScienceChild Therapy and Development

Frequently asked questions about Journal of People, Plants, and Environment

Is Journal of People, Plants, and Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of People, Plants, and Environment: 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 Journal of People, Plants, and Environment?

Journal of People, Plants, and Environment is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.235.

Is Journal of People, Plants, and Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of People, Plants, and Environment is indexed in Scopus.