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International Journal of Plant Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8), WoS SCIE. Published by University of Chicago Press.
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ISSN 1058-5893Verify ISSN ↗1537-5315Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 307 / 736 | 58th | Q2 |
| Plant Science | 243 / 541 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present (also 1983–1984), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
International Journal of Plant Sciences is Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 307 of 736) and Q2 in Plant Science (rank 243 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Plant Sciences 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 58th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.592, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 103.
International Journal of Plant Sciences is published by University of Chicago Press. Its print ISSN is 1058-5893 and its online ISSN is 1537-5315.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Plant Sciences has an h-index of 120 and a 2-year mean of 1.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #352 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
International Journal of Plant Sciences published 55 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 114. 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 61 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (47.4%), Canada (5.5%) and Mexico (5.5%).
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.
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