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Plant Communications

Cell Press · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN2590-3462eISSN2590-3462

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.739

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.518

Total Worksi

986

Total Citationsi

23,440

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Plant Sciences; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Cell Biology; Molecular Biology; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 210 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications986

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, 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?

Cell Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2590-3462 / 2590-3462

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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

1.6k

2019

4.8k

2020

4.5k

2021

115

5.6k

2022

159

5.3k

2023

210

4.4k

2024

262

1.7k

2025

228

180

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

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBiochemistryPlant ScienceMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Molecular Biology ResearchPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPlant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Reproductive BiologyPlant Gene Expression AnalysisGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsChromosomal and Genetic VariationsPlant Virus Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Plant Communications

Is Plant Communications a predatory journal?

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

Plant Communications 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 7.11.

Is Plant Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Plant Communications?