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Advances in Weed Science

Sociedade Brasileira da Ciencia das Plantas Daninhas · Brazil · Est. 2021

ISSN2675-9462eISSN2675-9462

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 2.7. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.373

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

2.7

SNIPi

0.758

Total Worksi

172

Total Citationsi

740

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Advances in Weed Science publishes articles covering all aspects of weed science, including: weed taxonomy, biology, ecology, and genetics; chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology of herbicides; herbicide selectivity in crops; herbicide mixture interaction at biological and biochemistry levels; herbicide-resistant weeds and crops; environmental aspects of weed science, including herbicide fate, and environmental factors affecting weed biology, ecology, or management; biological and ecological aspects of weed control tools, including biological agents and herbicide-resistant crops; effect of weed management on soil, air, and water; integrated weed management; and characteristics and challenges of existing and new methods of weed control.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguagePortuguese

1st Year Published2021

Frequencycontinuously

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications172

Publisher OrgSociedade Brasileira da Ciência das Plantas Daninhas

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~27 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Cariniana Network

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sociedade Brasileira da Ciencia das Plantas Daninhas

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2675-9462 / 2675-9462

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Cariniana Network

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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?

Portuguese

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

159

2021

465

2022

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

BiochemistryQ3

PhysiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AgronomyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceBiochemistryPhysiologyPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Weed Control and Herbicide ApplicationsAllelopathy and phytotoxic interactionsPesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPlant tissue culture and regenerationBiological Control of Invasive SpeciesLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisSoybean genetics and cultivationSeed Germination and PhysiologyGrowth and nutrition in plants

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Weed Science

Is Advances in Weed Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Weed Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Weed Science?

Advances in Weed Science 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7.

Is Advances in Weed Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Weed Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.