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Plant Physiology Reports

Springer · India · Est. 2018

ISSN2662-2548

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.502

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.625

Total Worksi

510

Total Citationsi

4,104

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes review articles, original full research papers and short communications in the field of plant physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, horticulture, genetics, agronomy and other cognate sciences, which are of primary interest to plant physiologists.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications510

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-2548

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Single blind peer review

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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

918

2019

1.1k

2020

939

2021

443

2022

545

2023

403

2024

109

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Plant Sciences

Scopus Categories

GeneticsPhysiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceRice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsPlant Molecular Biology ResearchGenetics and Plant BreedingPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismSeed Germination and PhysiologyPlant responses to elevated CO2Plant responses to water stress

Frequently asked questions about Plant Physiology Reports

Is Plant Physiology Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant Physiology Reports: 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 Physiology Reports?

Plant Physiology Reports 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 2.19.

Is Plant Physiology Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant Physiology Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.