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Applied Phycology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.7), DOAJ. Published by Informa UK Ltd.
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ISSN 2638-8081Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Informa UK Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatic Science | 53 / 259 | 79th | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 139 / 541 | 74th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.7.
Applied Phycology is Q1 in Aquatic Science (rank 53 of 259) and Q2 in Plant Science (rank 139 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Applied Phycology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1, 79th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.448, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$564 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Applied Phycology is published by Informa UK Ltd. Its ISSN is 2638-8081.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied Phycology has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 2.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #67 of 254 Scopus journals in Aquatic Science.
Applied Phycology published 29 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (20.8%), Indonesia (9.6%) and United States (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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