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Current Plant Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2214-6628Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science | 85 / 541 | 84th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 104 / 357 | 71st | Q2 |
| Developmental Biology | 24 / 78 | 69th | Q2 |
| Biochemistry | 160 / 448 | 64th | Q2 |
| Cell Biology | 127 / 289 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.2.
Current Plant Biology is Q1 in Plant Science (rank 85 of 541), Q2 in Genetics (rank 104 of 357) and Q2 in Developmental Biology (rank 24 of 78), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Current Plant Biology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.887, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 42.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,440 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.
Current Plant Biology is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2214-6628.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Current Plant Biology has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 6.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #33 of 521 Scopus journals in Plant Science.
Current Plant Biology published 140 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 90 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (21.2%), India (17%) and Iran (5.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (6.1 per 1,000 papers). 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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