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International Journal of Fruit Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1553-8362Verify ISSN ↗1553-8621Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horticulture | 12 / 125 | 90th | Q1 |
| Ecology | 71 / 491 | 85th | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 82 / 541 | 84th | Q1 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 77 / 422 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.5.
International Journal of Fruit Science is Q1 in Horticulture (rank 12 of 125), Q1 in Ecology (rank 71 of 491) and Q1 in Plant Science (rank 82 of 541), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Fruit Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.474, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 45.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,993 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.
International Journal of Fruit Science is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1553-8362 and its online ISSN is 1553-8621.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Fruit Science has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 2.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 120 Scopus journals in Horticulture.
International Journal of Fruit Science published 32 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 159. 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 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (22.5%), United States (14.8%) and India (5.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (5.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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