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Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.4). Published by Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology.
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ISSN 1005-264XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 362 / 736 | 50th | Q2 |
| Ecology | 251 / 491 | 48th | Q3 |
| Plant Science | 277 / 541 | 48th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.4.
Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology is Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 362 of 736), Q3 in Ecology (rank 251 of 491) and Q3 in Plant Science (rank 277 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 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 2.4, quartile Q2, 50th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.366, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 28.
Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology is published by Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. Its ISSN is 1005-264X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 0.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #439 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology published 176 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.
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.
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